JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (20mm, 3.44 g, 7h). Jerusalem mint. Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) around / Elongated kithara; "For the Freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 210 (O24/R135); Meshorer 272b; Hendin 1424; SNG ANS 564 (same dies). Attractive iridescent tone, overstruck on a denarius of Domitian (issue of AD 95-6). EF.
Lot includes an old Numismatic Fine Arts certificate of authenticity.