ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, 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.
ex Superior (12 August 1994), lot 1908.
Estimate: $ 4,000