ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.71 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 25 (O5/R16); TJC 230a; Hendin 1387). Extremely Rare - just two specimens cited by Mildenberg. Lustrous surfaces. Superb extremely fine.
Purchased privately from I. Goldberg, June 2001.
Estimate: $ 7,000