| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 184 Price realized: 6,500 CHF (Approx. 7,389 USD / 6,862 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 14.52 g, 1 h), undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Shim'on' (in Hebrew) Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within; above, star. Rev. 'For the Freedom of Jerusalem' (in Hebrew) Bundle of lulav; to left, etrog. Hendin 1411. Meshorer 267. Mildenberg 77. The usual traces of overstriking, otherwise, good very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, formed since summer 1991. This coin was overstruck on an Antioch tetradrachm of Nero (cf. RPC I 4188). Traces of the legend and devices are visible on the obverse and reverse. Starting price: 1000 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 189 Price realized: 240 CHF (Approx. 273 USD / 253 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AE (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.79 g, 12 h), undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'For the Freedom of Jerusalem' (in Hebrew) Grape bunch. Rev. 'Shim'on' (in Hebrew) Palm tree. Hendin 6465. Meshorer 301. Mildenberg 157. Attractive earthen highlights. Very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, privately acquired from Calgary Coin Gallery in February 2000. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 182 Price realized: 460 CHF (Approx. 523 USD / 486 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AE (Bronze, 19 mm, 6.24 g, 12 h), Year 1 = 132/3. 'Year One of the Redemption of Israel' (in Hebrew) Grape bunch. Rev. 'Eleazar the Priest' (in Hebrew) Palm tree. Hendin 6409b. Meshorer 225. Mildenberg 150. Well struck and sharp. Repatinated, otherwise, good very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, privately acquired from J. P. Fontanille on 15 May 2015. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 155 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Bar Kokhba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AE (Bronze, 34 mm, 26.50 g, 12 h), Year 2 = 133/4 CE. 'Jerusalem' (in Hebrew) within olive wreath with medallion above and ties below. Rev. 'Y[ear] 2 of the freedom of Israel' (in Hebrew) Amphora. Bromberg 231 (same dies). Hendin 6432. Meshorer 255a (same dies). Mildenberg 18 (O5/R12). Shoshana I 2030 (same dies). Sofaer 60 (same dies). Spaer 237 (same dies). An exceptionally well preserved example with a boldly struck amphora. Minor smoothing and with spots of corrosion, otherwise, good very fine. The large bronze coins of Simon Bar Kokhba impress both with their relative rarity and their size, effectively constituting Jewish sestertii. They were minted in Year 1 and Year 2 of the revolt, with the latter being attested in various variants - the wreaths differ, and the obverse legend changes from 'Jerusalem', as on our example, to 'Simon' on Mildenberg 19. Mildenberg also emphasizes that of the only twelve known reverse dies, 'the last...' , which is the one on our coin, '... is the best by far, perhaps the most beautiful design in the entire Bar Kokhba coinage' (Mildenberg p. 47). Estimate: 7500 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 350 Price realized: 2,125 USD (Approx. 1,946 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.31 g, 1h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) within wreath / Elongated kithara with three strings; "For the Freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 70 (O14/R42); Meshorer 272; Hendin 6446; Bromberg 158 (same dies); Shoshana II 20226 (same dies); Sofaer 123–4; Spaer 218. In NGC encapsulation 6327383-005, graded Ch AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5, overstruck. Overstruck on a denarius of Divus Vespasian (RIC II.1 357?). Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 351 Price realized: 3,250 USD (Approx. 2,977 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.21 g, 1h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). "Shim'on" in Hebrew irregularly distributed in two lines within wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds / Fluted jug and branch; "for the freedom of Jerusalem" in Hebrew around. Mildenberg 134 (O19/R94); Meshorer 283 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6454; Bromberg 503 (same dies); Shoshana II 20240 (same dies); Sofaer 118–9; Spaer –. In NGC encapsulation 6327383-009, graded MS, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5, overstruck. Overstruck on an uncertain issue with no visible traces of undertype. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
