| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 185 Price realized: 1,800 CHF (Approx. 2,046 USD / 1,900 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Zuz or Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 2.94 g, 5 h), undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Shim'on' (in Hebrew) within wreath. Rev. 'For the Freedom of Jerusalem' (in Hebrew) Kithara with three strings. Hendin 6451. Meshorer 272a. Mildenberg 94. Nicely toned. The usual traces of overstriking, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, acquired from Empire Auctions on 8 June 1997, from the collection of Virgil M. Brand (1861-1926), Part 5, 1-2 February 1984, 319, and previously privately acquired from J. Schulman in 1920. This coin was overstruck on a Roman denarius of Trajan with a mourning Dacia on the reverse (cf. RIC 98). Traces of the legends and devices are still visible on the obverse and reverse. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
