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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (15.02 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 15.1 (O4/R8; this coin); TJC 230a;
Hendin 1387). Nicely toned. Extremely fine.
$ 5,000
ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part I (Superior, 5 December 1991), lot 83
ex Beit Mirsim Hoard.
A hoard of around one hundred silver Bar Kochba coins and various Roman and provincial issues was found during the Winter of
1973-1974 at Beit Mirsim, about seventeen kilometers south-southwest of Idna between Jerusalem and Beersheba. The preponder-
ance of Bar Kochba hoards found in this region suggests that it was a rebel stronghold during the conflict with Rome.
83
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.68 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 21.5 (O4/R14; this coin); TJC
230a; Hendin 1387). Well struck and well centered on a nice broad flan. Lightly toned. Extremely fine.
$ 5,000
ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part I (Superior, 5 December 1991), lot 85.
The reverse die used to strike this coin is missing the first
resh
in the legend, but the letter was later added to the die (see Mildenberg
24).