JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18.5mm, 3.62 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 205.8 (O24/R133) = Bromberg 209 (this coin); Meshorer 275 (same obv. die as illustration); Hendin 6462; Shoshana I 20487 (same dies); Sofaer 129 (same dies); Spaer 223–4. Lightly toned, traces of undertype. Good VF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Abraham Bromberg Collection (Part I, Superior, 5 December 1991), lot 209; El Fawar 1978 Hoard (Mildenberg no. 26).