JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.40 g, 1h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) within wreath / Elongated kithara; "For the freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 130 (O19/R67); Meshorer 272c (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6456; Bromberg 182 (same dies); Shoshana I 20434 (same dies); Sofaer –; Spaer –. Bright surfaces, overstruck on a denarius of Titus as augustus (the outline of his portrait and nearly full legend visible on the obverse). Near EF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from ILM, 27 June 2006.