JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (17.5mm, 3.19 g, 6h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) around / Flagon with handle; palm frond to right, "Y(ear) 2 of the freedom of Isael" ([sic] in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 47 (O8/R27); Meshorer 242 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6425; Bromberg 146 (same dies); Shoshana I 20314–5 (same dies); Sofaer 44 var. (rev. legend); Spaer 212 (same dies). Lightly toned, traces of undertype. Near EF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from David Hendin, December 1989.