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Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.26 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 79 (O12/R62); TJC
267; Hendin 1411). Toned. Choice very fine.
$ 3,000
Purchased privately, January 1984.
Very Rare Irregular Issue Bar Kokhba Silver Sela
146
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.25 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 102 (O23/
R77); TJC 268; Hendin 1411a).
Scarce - only twelve specimens cited by Mildenberg.
Traces of undertype vis-
ible on both obverse and reverse. Toned. Extremely fine.
$ 4,000
ex Dr. Jonathan A. Herbst Collection (Superior, 8-9 December 1995), lot 1293.