JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.37 g, 6h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) around / Palm frond; "Y(ear) 2 of the freedom of Isael" ([sic] in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 50 (O11/R29'); Meshorer 248b (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6423; Bromberg 148 (same dies); Shoshana I 20307–8 (same dies); Sofaer 54 (same rev. die); Spaer 212 (same dies). Lightly toned, overstruck on an uncertain denarius of Hadrian. VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 817.