JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19mm, 3.32 g, 7h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE).

Triton XXV
Lot: 453. Estimated: $ 750

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 1 700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19mm, 3.32 g, 7h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; “Shim’on’” (in Hebrew) around / Elongated kithara; “For the freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 144.2 (O11/R63) = Bromberg 189 = Shoshana I 20470 (this coin); Meshorer 274; Hendin 6462; Sofaer 126 (same obv. die); Spaer 224 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, some spots of verdigris, traces of undertype. Good VF.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Shoshana Collection (Part I, Heritage, 8 March 2012), lot 20470; Abraham Bromberg Collection (Part I, Superior, 5 December 1991), lot 189; J. Schulman 270 (23 June 1980), lot 2140; El Fawar 1978 Hoard (Mildenberg no. 26).


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