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Phenomenal Quality Year Two Silver Sela
78
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.10 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, +. Rev. ‘Year two of the
freedom of Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 18 (O4/R12); TJC 230a; Hendin
1387).
Extremely Rare - only one specimen cited by Mildenberg.
Virtually as struck. Lustrous
Nearly mint state.
$ 7,000
Purchased privately from Antiqua at the NYINC, January 2007.
Marvelous Quality Year Two Silver Sela
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.44 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, +. Rev. ‘Year two of the
freedom of Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 22 (O4/R15); TJC 230a; Hendin
1387). Incredibly well struck and perfectly centered. Superb extremely fine.
$ 7,000
Purchased from Frank Sternberg via H. Kreindler, January 10, 1996.