Watch List notes:

Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.18 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. Delicately toned with underlying luster present. Extremely fine.

Purchased on December 20, 1991 from Josef Kaufman.

Estimate: $ 5,000