Lot 145
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.26 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). 'Simon' (Paleo-Hebrew), tetrastyle façade of the Temple of Jerusalem; show bread table or Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side; above façade, star. Rev. 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 79 (O12/R62); TJC 267; Hendin 1411). Toned. Choice very fine. Estimate $3,000UP
Purchased privately, January 1984.
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