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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.71 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 25 (O5/R16); TJC 230a; Hendin
1387).
Extremely Rare - just two specimens cited by Mildenberg.
Lustrous surfaces.
Superb extremely fine.
$ 7,000
Purchased privately from I. Goldberg, June 2001.
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (13.78 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 20 (O4/R10); TJC 230a; Hendin
1387).
Extremely Rare - only two specimens cited by Mildenberg.
Nicely toned.
Extremely fine.
$ 5,000
Purchased privately from H. Kriendler, December 1994.
The outline of the emperor’s head and one or two letters are clear on this coin, but not enough to identify the undertype.