ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, BAR KOKHBA, Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (13.55 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 43 (O11/R30); TJC 233; Hendin 1388). Rare - only eleven specimens cited by Mildenberg. Lightly toned with lustrous surfaces. Extremely fine.
Purchased privately from NFA, August 1991.
Estimate: $ 5,000