Watch List notes:

ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.19 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), bunch of grapes with leaf and tendril. Rev. 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), two upright trumpets with dot between. (Mildenberg 200 (O24/R128); TJC 277; cf. Hendin 1431 (widely spaced trumpets).) Wide trumpets. Beautifully toned and lustrous. A spectacular coin! Nearly Mint State.

ex Sternberg XXXIII (18 September 1997), lot 229.

Estimate: $ 1,000