JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (18mm, 3.35 g, 6h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Grape bunch on vine tendril; “Shim’on’” (in Hebrew) around / Palm frond; “Y(ear) 2 of the freedom of Israel” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 49 (O10/R29); Hendin 6423; Meshorer 248b (same rev. die as illustration); Bromberg 142 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 6711760-028, graded XF, Strike: 3/5, Surface: 3/5, overstruck, brushed. Overstruck on denarius of Domitian (his name and partial portrait visible on the obverse).
