JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (24mm, 11.88 g, 6h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Palm tree with two bunches of dates; "Shim'" (in Hebrew) across field / Grape leaf; "Y[ear] 2 of the freedom of Israel" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 71 (O5/R35); Meshorer 260a (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6436; Bromberg 247 (same obv. die); Shoshana II 20201 (same obv. die); Sofaer 69 (same dies); Spaer –. Brown surfaces, areas of minor roughness. VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Sternberg XXIV (19 November 1990), lot 187.