Year 1/2 Hybrid Zuz

428, Lot: 219. Estimate $500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (17.5mm, 3.23 g, 1h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). “Shim‘” (in Hebrew) within wreath / Flagon with handle; palm frond to right; “Eleazar the Priest” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 4 (O3/R2); Meshorer 234a; Hendin 1384; Bromberg 127 (same dies); Shoshana I 20249 (same dies); Sofaer 36 (same dies); Spaer 199 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned.

The Triton XVIII, lot 745 example, from these dies, hammered at $4250.