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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 444

Estimate: 750 USD
Price realized: 2750 USD
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JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.35 g, 12h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) within wreath / Palm frond; "For the freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 61.8 (O14/R33) = Bromberg 154 (this coin); Meshorer 279b (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6443; Shoshana I 20372 (same dies); Sofaer 130–1 (same obv. die); Spaer –. Toned, overstruck on a denarius of Vespasian (the outline of his portrait visible on the reverse). EF.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Abraham Bromberg Collection (Part I, Superior, 5 December 1991), lot 154; El Fawar 1978 Hoard (Mildenberg no. 26).
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