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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.86 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 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. ‘Year two of the freedom of
Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 36 (O8/R26); TJC 233; Hendin 1388). Well
struck with all details nice and bold. Delicately toned. Extremely fine.
$ 6,000
Purchased privately from NFA, May 1994.
NearlyMint State Year Two Silver Sela
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.17 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 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. ‘Year two of the freedom
of Israel’ (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 41 (O11/R30); TJC 233; Hendin 1388).
Rare - only seven specimens cited by Mildenberg.
The die-break at corner of Ark more pronounced than on
Mildenberg 40. Lustrous and delicately toned. Nearly mint state.
$ 6,000
Purchased privately from D. Hendin, February 1996.