JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) around / Two upright trumpets; pellet between, "For the freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 153 (O11/R85''); Meshorer 277; Hendin 6458; Bromberg 210 (same dies); Shoshana I 20445 (same dies); Sofaer 138; Spaer 226 (same dies). A few small spots of verdigris, overstruck on a denarius of Domitian as Augustus. EF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection.