Lot 79
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.44 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). 'Jerusalem' (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, +. Rev. 'Year two of the freedom of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 22 (O4/R15); TJC 230a; Hendin 1387). Incredibly well struck and perfectly centered. Superb extremely fine. Estimate $7,000UP
Purchased from Frank Sternberg via H. Kreindler, January 10, 1996.
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