JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 12.84 g, 1h). 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 10.11 (O2/R8 – this coin); Meshorer 230 (same obv. die as illustration); Hendin 6415; Bromberg 81 (same obv. die); Shoshana I 20258 (same dies); Sofaer 30 (same dies); Spaer 189 (same obv. die). Toned, traces of undertype visible. Near EF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Paul Rynearson, June 1993. Ex Abraham Bromberg Collection [Private collection 2 in Mildenberg] (not in Superior sales).