JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (17mm, 3.32 g, 6h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) around / Chelys with three strings; "Y[ear] 2 of the freedom of Israel" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 43 (O8/R25); Meshorer 240 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6422; Bromberg 144 (same dies); Shoshana I 20300 (same dies); Sofaer 42 (same dies); Spaer 210–1 (same dies). Lightly toned, minor verdigris, traces of undertype. Near EF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from David Hendin, 2 February 1990.