JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.36 g, 12h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, cross above, "Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, "Y(ear) 2 of the Freedom of Israel" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 11 (O2/R9); Meshorer 229 (same obv. die as illustration); Hendin 1386 (same obv. die as illustration); Bromberg 81 (same obv. die); Shoshana I 20258 (same dies); Sofaer 30 (same dies); Spaer 189 (same obv. die). Toned, some find patina remaining. Good VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Stack's (13 January 2004), lot 60.