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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.78 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE).
‘Simon’ (Paleo-Hebrew), tetrastyle façade of the Temple of Jerusalem; show bread table or Ark of the
Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side; above façade, star.
Rev. ‘For the freedom of Jerusalem’ (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. Hendin 1411; Mildenberg 87
(O12/R67); TJC 267. Well struck on a huge flan. We note some fine file marks on the reverse as made.
Toned. Removed from an NGC slab where graded AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5.
$3,000
From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.
Very Rare Year Three ‘Wavy Line’ Silver Sela
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.15 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE).
‘Simon’ (Paleo-Hebrew), tetrastyle façade of the Temple of Jerusalem; show bread table or Ark of the
Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side; above façade, wavy
line of four semicircles connected by horizontal lines. Rev. ‘For the freedom of Jerusalem’ (Paleo-He-
brew), lulav with etrog at left. Hendin 1414 (this coin illus.); Mildenberg 88 (O16/R68); TJC -.
Very Rare
- only seven specimens recorded by Mildenberg.
The Hendin plate coin. Parts of the undertype visible. Toned.
Removed from an NGC slab where graded XF; Strike: 3/5, Surface: 4/5.
$5,000
From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.