JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. Æ (21mm, 6.27 g, 12h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Palm frond within laurel wreath; "For the freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around / Elongated kithara; "Shim'on" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 32 (O2/R11); Meshorer 297 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6463; Bromberg 239 (same obv. die); Shoshana II 20291 (same obv. die); Sofaer 161–2 (same dies); Spaer –. Green sufaces with light earthen dusting. Near EF. Exceptional for issue.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Brody Family Collection (Part I, New York Sale XXXIX, 10 January 2017), lot 223, purchased from ILM, August 2006.