JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 2.92 g, 6h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) around / Flagon with handle; palm frond to right, "For the freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 156 (O11/R58'); Meshorer 285 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6460; Bromberg 192 (same dies); Shoshana I 20457 (same dies); Sofaer 120; Spaer 227 (same dies). Lightly toned, areas of weak strike. Good VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Reportedly Mildenberg 156.23, from the inventory of Herb Kreindler, April 1979, and El Fawar 1978 Hoard (Mildenberg no. 26).