132-135 AD Bar Kokhba Revolt AR irregular zuz NGC Ch XF 5/5 - 3/5

$38,500.00 USD

(19mm, 3.34 gm, 7h). Undated issue of Year 3 (AD 134/5). Simon (Paleo-Hebrew), cluster of grapes in three lobes on vine / For the Freedom of Jerusalem (Paleo-Hebrew, inscription reversed), two upright trumpets. Hendin -, cf. 1431. Mildenberg -. Samuels 132 (this coin). Fascinating issue overstruck on uncertain host with part of the undertype visible on the left trumpet.
A once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire this unique one of a kind Ancient rarity. This is the only known example of either of the dies used to strike this irregular coin. Of the highest rarity…...From the James Dines "Original Goldbug" Collection. Ex Shoshana Collection.

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