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Electronic Auction 437  6 Feb 2019
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Lot 194

Estimate: 200 USD
Price realized: 550 USD
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JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (24mm, 12.17 g, 7h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape leaf on vine / Palm tree with two bunches of dates; c/m: X within incuse square. For coin: Mildenberg 136 (O11/R100); Hendin 1437. For c/m: Howgego 734. VF, brown surfaces, light cleaning marks, overstruck on uncertain type.

From the Richard Baker Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (11 February 1987), lot 128.

The countermark, of Legio X Fretensis, is actually struck on the undertype, as the stem of the date bunch is clearly visible over the countermark.
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