JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (20mm, 5.71 g, 6h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE).

Triton XXV
Lot: 433. Estimated: $ 400

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Sold For $ 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (20mm, 5.71 g, 6h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Palm tree with two bunches of dates; “Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) in two lines across field / Grape bunch on vine tendril with leaf; “Y[ear] 2 of the freedom of Israel” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 153.1 (O2/R6 – this coin, illustrated); Meshorer 266 (same rev. die as illustration); Hendin 6438; Bromberg 260 (same dies); Shoshana I 20328 (same rev. die); Sofaer 104 (same dies); Spaer 257 (same dies). Dark brown surfaces with some green encrustation. Good VF.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Leu 75 (25 October 1999), lot 1375; Robert Schonwalter Collection; Abraham Bromberg Collection [Private collection 2 in Mildenberg] (not in Superior sales).


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