Clear Profile of Titus

434, Lot: 139. Estimate $500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz - Denarius (19mm, 2.81 g, 6h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine / Two upright trumpets. Meshorer 277; Mildenberg 198 (O24/R127); Hendin 1431. VF, light toning. Overstruck on a denarius of Titus (RIC 863/874) with his profile clearly visible.

From the Richard Baker Collection. Ex Superior Money Talks FPL 16 (1985), no. B86.