Lot 3020
Bar Kochba Revolt. Silver Sela (13.65 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). 'Shim'on', tetrastyle facade of the Temple of Jerusalem; Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side; star above. Reverse: 'Year two of the freedom of Israel', lulav with etrog at left. Cf. Mildeberg 38/36 (O8/R26) die combination not recorded; TJC 230; Hendin 1388. Extremely Rare new die combination unknown to Mildenberg. Delicately toned with underlying luster still present. Extremely Fine.
Mildenberg notes that this obverse die was recut twice, the first time having the center of the balustrade reengraved, the second time having the first two letters reengraved as well as a die flaw in one of the columns removed. Of the first recutting, die O8', Mildenberg recorded several dozen specimens paired with one of two reverse dies, R26 and R27. Similarly, of the second recutting, die O8'', he knew of just five specimens, but all were paired with a single reverse die, R27. This would seemingly indicate a chronological progression of R26 followed by R27, but our coin illustrates the fallacy of this assumption as it is a new die combination pairing the second recutting of the obverse die, O8, with the reverse die R26.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
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