Watch List notes:

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.44 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, star above, "Shim'on" (in Hebrew) at sides / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, "Y(ear) 2 of the Freedom of Israel" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 27 (O6/R18); Meshorer 233; Hendin 1388; Bromberg II 405 (same dies); Shoshana I 20270 (same obv. die); Sofaer 35; Spaer 191 (same obv. die). Toned, traces of undertype on reverse. EF. Well struck.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Gemini IX (8 January 2012), lot 196.