Watch List notes:

ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.88 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). 'Jerusalem' (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, +. Rev. 'Year two of the freedom of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 14 (O3/R8); TJC 230a; Hendin 1387). Toned. Extremely fine.

ex Dr. Jonathan A. Herbst Collection (Superior, 8-9 December 1995) lot 1261
ex Abramowitz Collection (Superior Stamp & Coin Co. Inc. December 8, 1993), lot 86
ex Hess-Leu 36, lot 348

Estimate: $ 7,000