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Exceptional Quality Year Two Silver Sela
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.46 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). ‘Jerusalem’ (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, + dividing legend. Rev.
‘Year two of the freedom of Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 10O2/R8); TJC
229; Hendin 1386). Beautifully toned. Superb extremely fine.
$ 7,000
Purchased privately from D. Hendin, July 1988.
Extremely Rare (Mildenberg 12 - Year Two Sela
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.00 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). ‘Jerusalem’ (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, + dividing legend. Rev.
‘Year two of the freedom of Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 12 (O2/R7); TJC
229; Hendin 1386).
Extremely rare - Mildenberg cites just two specimens.
Darkly toned.
About extremely fine.
$ 7,000
Purchased privately from Antiqua at the NYINC, January 2003.