Watch List notes:

ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (13.78 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 20 (O4/R10); TJC 230a; Hendin 1387). Extremely Rare - only two specimens cited by Mildenberg. Nicely toned. Extremely fine.

Purchased privately from H. Kriendler, December 1994.
The outline of the emperor's head and one or two letters are clear on this coin, but not enough to identify the undertype.

Estimate: $ 5,000