Watch List notes:

ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.24 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), elongated lyre with three strings. (Mildenberg 182 (O22/R116); TJC 274; Hendin 1435). Very rare - only six specimens cited in Mildenberg. Underlying luster present. Superb extremely fine.

ex Sternberg XXXIII (18 September 1997), lot 226.

Estimate: $ 600