JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (23mm, 7.30 g, 6h). Irregular issue. Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Palm tree with two bunches of dates; "Shim'" (in Hebrew) irregularly arranged across field / Grape leaf; "Y[ear] 2 of the freedom of Israel" (in retrograde Hebrew) around. Mildenberg – (O23/R28 [unlisted die combination]); cf. Meshorer 261; cf. Hendin 6436a; Bromberg –; Shoshana –; Sofaer 93–5 (same obv. die); Spaer –. Olive brown surfaces. VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex William Stern Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts XXVIII, 23 April 1992), lot 359.