Countermark of Legio X Fretensis

437, Lot: 194. Estimate $200. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (24mm, 12.17 g, 7h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape leaf on vine / Palm tree with two bunches of dates; c/m: X within incuse square. For coin: Mildenberg 136 (O11/R100); Hendin 1437. For c/m: Howgego 734. VF, brown surfaces, light cleaning marks, overstruck on uncertain type.

From the Richard Baker Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (11 February 1987), lot 128.

The countermark, of Legio X Fretensis, is actually struck on the undertype, as the stem of the date bunch is clearly visible over the countermark.