188, Lot: 98. Estimate $100. Sold for $91. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ 23mm (8.64 g). Undated issue (year 3 = 134/5 CE). “For the Freedom of Jerusalem,” grape leaf on vine / “Shim’on,” palm tree with two bunches of dates. Mildenberg 125 (O10/R89); Meshorer 294; Hendin 736. Fine, black patina with tan high points, adjustment marks on both sides.

From the Macleay Collection. Ex Harry Abramowitz Collection (Superior Galleries, 8 December 1993), lot 458 (part of).