JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18.5mm, 3.31 g, 1h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). "Shim'on" (in Hebrew) within wreath / Kithara with three strings; "Y[ear] 2 of the Freedom of Israel" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg – (O13/R25 [unlisted die combination]); Kaufman I 11 (same dies); Meshorer 239; Hendin 6426a (this coin illustrated); Bromberg 465 (same obv. die); Shoshana I 20298 (this coin). Areas of flat strike. VF. Among the rarest of the Bar Kochba coins, only one other example known from this die pairing.
Ex David Hendin Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 369 (hammered for $5000); Shoshana Collection (Part I, Heritage, 8 March 2012), lot 20298; C. Kaufman Collection.