Watch List notes:

ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.13 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 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. 'Year two of the freedom of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 40 (O10/R28); TJC 233; Hendin 1388). Very Rare - only six specimens cited by Mildenberg. Interesting die-break on the obverse. Lightly toned. Extremely fine.

Purchased privately from NFA, June 1993.

Estimate: $ 5,000