JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19.5mm, 3.27 g, 7h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) around / Flagon with handle; "For the freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 155 (O11/R57); Meshorer 286; Hendin 6461; Bromberg 512 (same dies); Shoshana I 20464 (same dies); Sofaer 122; Spaer –. Overstruck on a denarius of Vespasian (his face visible on the reverse). Good VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from David Hendin, December 1989.