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151
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.64 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, wavy
line. Rev. ‘For the freedom of Jerusalem’ (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 91.13 (O17/
R70; this coin); TJC 269; Hendin 1413). Lovely toning. Extremely fine.
$ 4,000
ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part I (Superior, 5 December 1991), lot 121.
152
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (13.42 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, wavy
line. Rev. ‘For the freedom of Jerusalem’ (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 96 (O17/
R67); TJC 269; Hendin 1413). Lightly toned. About extremely fine.
$ 4,000
ex Sternberg XXXIII (18 September 1997), lot 219.