JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (25mm, 9.70 g, 6h). Dated year 1 (132/3 CE). Palm tree with two bunches of dates; "Shim'on, Prince of Israel" (in Hebrew) around / Vine leaf on tendril; "year one of the redemption of Israel" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 46 (O2/R11); Meshorer 222 (same rev. die as illustration); Hendin 6407; Bromberg 568 (same dies); Shoshana I 20240–1; Sofaer 5–6 (same rev. die); Spaer 244 (same dies). Green-brown surfaces, some deposits, indications of undertype on reverse. Good VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex William Stern Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts XXVIII, 23 April 1992), lot 247.