Watch List notes:

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.34 g, 1h). 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 16 (O4/R10); Meshorer 230a; Hendin 1387; Bromberg 83 (same obv. die); Shoshana I 20261 (same dies); Spaer 190. Overstruck on an Antioch tetradrachm of Trajan. In NGC encapsulation 1884206-005, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Extremely rare die combination, only the Shoshana specimen cited by Mildenberg, and just two in CoinArchives (including the present coin).


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Heritage 3056 (3 August 2017), lot 30098; New York Sale XXXIX (10 January 2017), lot 77.