JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.82 g, 12h). Undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, star above, "Shim'on" (in Hebrew) at sides / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, "For the Freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 54 (O13/R41); Meshorer 267; Hendin 1411; Bromberg 418 (same dies); Shoshana I 20333 (same dies); Sofaer 107–13; Spaer 193 (same obv. die). Double struck on reverse. Good VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd. (inv. no. C42258).