JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.25 g, 1h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) within wreath / Flagon with handle; palm frond to right, "For the freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 83.22 (O14/R53) = Bromberg 478 (this coin); Meshorer 283b corr. (illustration is retrograde; same obv. die as illustration); Hendin 6445; Shoshana I 20390 (same obv. die); Sofaer 115; Spaer 218 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, minor die breaks. Good VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Abraham Bromberg Collection (Part II, Superior, 10 December 1992), lot 478; El Fawar 1978 Hoard (Mildenberg no. 26).