335, Lot: 288. Estimate $150. Sold for $1050. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (24.5mm, 14.25 g, 6h). Undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Palm tree with dates / Vine leaf on tendril. Mildenberg 95 var. (O–/R95 [unlisted obv. die]); Meshorer 292; Hendin 1437. VF, thick green patina, cleaning marks.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.

While no real indication of an undertype is visible, the casting sprue and bevelled edges are characteristic of the coinage of Mattathias Antigonos. The current coin is possibly struck over one of his 8 prutot (Hendin 1162).