CNG 112, Lot: 341. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.29 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). “Shim’on’” (in Hebrew) irregularly distributed in two lines within wreath / Palm frond; “For the Freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 65 (O14/R37); Hendin 1425; Bromberg II 469 (same dies). Toned. EF. Well centered and struck.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.