Watch List notes:

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.31 g, 1h). Jerusalem mint. Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, cross above, "Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) at sides / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, "Y[ear] 2 of the Freedom of Israel" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 14.8 (O3/R8 – this coin); Meshorer 229; Hendin 1387; Bromberg 82 (same dies); Shoshana I 20260 (same obv. die); Sofaer 31–4; Spaer 190 (same dies). Toned, flan crack. EF. Overstruck on a provincial issue of Hadrian.


From the DMS Collection. Ex Superior (21 November 1983), lot 50.