Watch List notes:

ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.24 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 76 (O12/R59); TJC 267; Hendin 1411). Extremely rare - only four specimens cited by Mildenberg. Exceptionally large head of Trajan visible under temple. Toned. Choice very fine.

Purchased privately from E. Waddell, December 2004.

Estimate: $ 3,000