Lot 82
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (15.02 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 15.1 (O4/R8; this coin); TJC 230a; Hendin 1387). Nicely toned. Extremely fine. Estimate $5,000UP
Ex Abraham Bromberg Collection, part I (Superior, 5 December 1991), lot 83.
Ex Beit Mirsim Hoard.
A hoard of around one hundred silver Bar Kochba coins and various Roman and provincial issues was found during the Winter of 1973-1974 at Beit Mirsim, about seventeen kilometers south-southwest of Idna between Jerusalem and Beersheba. The preponderance of Bar Kochba hoards found in this region suggests that it was a rebel stronghold during the conflict with Rome.
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