Watch List notes:

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 11.66 g, 12h). Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, wavy line above, "Shim'on" (in Hebrew) at sides / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, "For the Freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 95 (O17/R65); Meshorer 269 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 1413 (same dies as illustration); Bromberg 124 (same dies); Shoshana II 20370 (same dies); Sofaer 110–1 (same obv. die); Spaer 196 (same obv. die). Superb EF, toned, minor double strike, area of weak strike.


Ex Hebrew College Museum, Newton Centre, Massachusetts (sold en bloc through Amphora Coins, 1998).