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Triton XVIII Sessions 1 & 2 6 January 2015
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JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.65 g, 1h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, "Jerusalem" (in Hebrew) around / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, "Y(ear) 2 of the Freedom of Israel" (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 8 (O1/R7); Meshorer 229 (same obv. die as illustration); Hendin 1385 (same obv. die as illustration); Bromberg 80 (same obv. die); Shoshana I 20255 = C. Samuels, P. Rynearson, & Y. Meshorer, The Numismatic Legacy of the Jews as Depicted by A Distinguished American Collection (New York, 2000), 105 (this coin); Sofaer 29 (same obv. die); Spaer 188 (same dies); SNG ANS 517 (same dies). Superb EF, underlying luster, a touch of die wear on obverse. Sharply struck on a broad flan. Very rare year 1/2 hybrid, the finest known.
Ex Shoshana Collection (Part I, Heritage, 8 March 2012), lot 20255.
As noted in Hendin, the first selas of year 2 were struck using the same obverse die that had been used on all the year 1 selas, and are thus considered hybrids. Another carryover from the first year is the more broadly formed flan that extends well beyond the edge of the dies.
Ex Shoshana Collection (Part I, Heritage, 8 March 2012), lot 20255.
As noted in Hendin, the first selas of year 2 were struck using the same obverse die that had been used on all the year 1 selas, and are thus considered hybrids. Another carryover from the first year is the more broadly formed flan that extends well beyond the edge of the dies.