JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.30 g, 1h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). "Shim'" (in Hebrew) within wreath / Flagon with handle; palm frond to right, "Y(ear) 2 of the freedom of Israel" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 34 (O5'/R22); Meshorer 250a (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6420; Bromberg 140 (same dies); Shoshana I 20289 (same dies); Sofaer 55–6 var. (rev. legend); Spaer 207 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, a few deposits, traces of undertype. EF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXVI (14 August 1991), lot 166; Leu 7 (9 May 1973), lot 289.