JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19mm, 3.18 g, 6h). Irregular issue. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; "Shim'on'" (in Hebrew) around / Palm frond; "For the freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 265 (O57/R179); Meshorer 282; Hendin 6457a; Bromberg 226 (same dies); Shoshana I –; Sofaer 135 (same dies); Spaer –. Lustrous, overstruck on an uncertain denarius of Trajan. Near EF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 629.