JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19mm, 3.45 g, 1h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) within wreath / Two upright trumpets; pellet between, "For the freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 131.6 (O19/R91) = Bromberg 50 (this coin); Meshorer 276 (same dies as illustration); AJC II 59 (this coin illustrated); Hendin 6453; Shoshana I 20420 (same dies); Sofaer 137 (same dies); Spaer 222 (same dies). Toned, traces of undertype visible. Good VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Abraham Bromberg Collection (Part II, Superior, 10 December 1992), lot 501.