JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (20mm, 3.23 g, 6h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) around / Elongated kithara; "For the freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 186 (O22/R120); Meshorer 274a-b (same obv. die); Hendin 6462; Bromberg 203 (same dies); Shoshana I 20482 (same dies); Sofaer 127 (same obv. die); Spaer 223–4. Underlying luster, a few spots of verdigris, traces of undertype. EF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Reportedly Mildenberg 186.72, from the inventory of Herb Kreindler, April 1979, and El Fawar 1978 Hoard (Mildenberg no. 26).