| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 124 Price realized: 500 USD (Approx. 464 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (18.5mm, 8.32 g, 6h). Dated year 1 (132/3 CE). Palm tree with two bunches of dates; "Eleazar the Priest" (in Hebrew, retrograde) around / Grape bunch on vine with small leaf; "year one of the redemption of Israel" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 150 (O1/R4); Meshorer 225; Hendin 6409b; Bromberg 258 (same dies); Shoshana I 20243 (same dies); Sofaer 22 (same dies); Spaer 256. Earthen dark green-brown surfaces. Good VF. From the David Welsh Collection. Ex Heritage 357 (9 September 2004), lot 12069. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 339 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (17.5mm, 5.51 g, 12h). Dated year 1 (132/3 CE). Palm tree with two bunches of dates / Grape bunch on vine with small leaf. Mildenberg 149 (O1/R3); Meshorer 225; Hendin 6409c. Earthen dark green surfaces. Good VF. Estimate: 500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555 | Auction date: 7 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 202 Price realized: 550 USD (Approx. 513 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (23.5mm, 12.47 g, 6h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Palm tree with two bunches of dates; "Shim'" (in Hebrew) across field / Grape leaf; "Y[ear] 2 of the freedom of Israel" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 71 (O5/R35); Hendin 6436; Meshorer 260a (same dies as illustration); Bromberg 247 (same obv. die); Shoshana II 20201 (same obv. die); Sofaer 69 (same dies); Spaer –. Brown surfaces, flan preparation marks. VF. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 5318 Price realized: 450 USD (Approx. 413 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (17.5mm, 4.95 g, 6h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Palm tree with two bunches of dates / Grape bunch on vine. Mildenberg 159 (O4/R9); Hendin 6467; Meshorer 302b (same obv. die as illustration). Dark green-brown surfaces, minor encrustation. Good VF. From the Lionel Tenby Collection. Estimate: 200 USD |  |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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 |  |
