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Auction: 16005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals including European Coins from the Peter Woodhead Collection
Lot: 1016

Bar Kochba Revolt (132-135 CE), AR Zuz, 3.00g, attributed to year 3 (134/135), Hebrew legend "Simon" within wreath, rev. elongated lyre, Hebrew legend "for the freedom of Jerusalem" (Hendin 4th ed. 718, 5th ed. 1419; AJC 55), very fine

provenance
Purchased from Leo Hamburger, Frankfurt, as a Bar Mitzvah between the two world wars.

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Sold for
£270