362. JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (20mm, 3.40 g, 6h). Jerusalem mint. Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; 3∑o2C (“Shim‘on” in Hebrew) around / Flagon with handle; palm frond to right; 2LC∑R¥ ¡∑RHL (“For the Freedom of Jerusalem” in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 194 (O24/ R125); Meshorer 285; Hendin 1433. EF, toned, double struck on reverse. ($1000)
Mildenberg Plate Coin Ex Bromberg Collection
363. JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19mm, 3.47 g, 7h). Jerusalem mint. Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; 3∑o2C (“Shim‘on” in Hebrew) around / Elongated kithara; 2LC∑R¥ ¡∑RHL (“For the Freedom of Jerusalem” in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 203.20 (O24/R131 – this coin, illustrated); Meshorer 272b; Hendin 1424. In NGC encapsulation, 2401360-004, graded AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface 5/5. Struck on a broad flan. ($1000) Ex Abraham Bromberg Collection (Part II, Superior, 10 December 1992), lot 535; El Fawar 1978 Hoard (Mildenberg no. 26).
364. ARABIA, Northwestern. Lihyan. 2nd–1st centuries BC. BI Drachm (12.5mm, 2.89 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right, symbol (mark of value?) on cheek / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray to left. Cf. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, a (tetradrachm); cf. Huth 39 (tetradrachm). VF, toned, some porosity. Extremely rare. ($500)
365. ARABIA, Northwestern. Lihyan. 2nd–1st centuries BC. Æ Tetradrachm (20.5mm, 13.71 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Schematic head right, two upward crescents on cheek / Schematic owl standing right, head facing; olive spray to left. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, d; Huth 40 var. (single crescent on cheek). Good VF, earthen black patina. ($1000) 109