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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.47 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5
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.
‘For the freedom of Jerusalem’ (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 72 (O15/R56); TJC
267; Hendin 1411).
Rare - only eight specimens cited in Mildenberg.
Boldly struck and nicely toned. A very
beautiful example! Extremely fine.
$ 4,000
ex Superior (12 August 1994), lot 1908.
Beautiful Undated (Year 3) Bar Kokhba Silver Sela
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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.39 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5
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. ‘For the freedom of Jerusalem’ (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 84.4 (O12/
R65; this coin); TJC 267; Hendin 1411).
The Mildenberg plate coin.
Attractively toned. A magnificent
example! Superb extremely fine.
$ 4,000
ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part I (5 December 1991), lot 117
ex El Fawar Hoard.