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Auction 39 10 January 2017
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ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.54 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, without etrog. (Mildenberg 58.20 (O13/R44; this coin); TJC 270; Hendin 1412). Toned. Extremely fine.
ex Jascha Heifetz Collection, part 2 (Superior, 9-10 December 1989), lot 2883
ex NFA VIII (6 June 1980), lot 362.
This undated sela attributed to the third year (134/5 CE) of the Bar Kochba War lacks the etrog (citron) that normally accompanies the lulav bundle on its reverse. This omission suggests hasty engraving and production in the face of the overwhelming Roman assault that finally ended the war. It may connect this coin to several zuzim issues that omit the willow branch from their reverse dies.
Estimate: $ 3,000
ex Jascha Heifetz Collection, part 2 (Superior, 9-10 December 1989), lot 2883
ex NFA VIII (6 June 1980), lot 362.
This undated sela attributed to the third year (134/5 CE) of the Bar Kochba War lacks the etrog (citron) that normally accompanies the lulav bundle on its reverse. This omission suggests hasty engraving and production in the face of the overwhelming Roman assault that finally ended the war. It may connect this coin to several zuzim issues that omit the willow branch from their reverse dies.
Estimate: $ 3,000