JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.23 g, 12h). Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, wavy line above, "Shim'on" (in Hebrew) at sides / Bundle of lulav; "For the freedom of Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 95 (O17/R65); Meshorer 269 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 6441; Bromberg 124 (same dies); Shoshana I 20370 (same dies); Sofaer 110 (same obv. die); Spaer 196 (same obv. die). Light double strike, traces of undertype, tiny spot of verdigris on reverse. Near EF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from Claude Amsellan, April 1989.