Watch List notes:

ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.34 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 74 (O11/R57); TJC 267; Hendin 1411). Rare - ten specimens cited by Mildenberg. Underlying luster present. Lightly toned and perfectly centered. About extremely fine.

Purchased privately from D. Hendin at the NYINC, December 1996.

Estimate: $ 3,500