Judea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.07 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. Reverse: 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. Hendin 1411; Mildenberg 62 (O14/R47); TJC 267. Boldly struck with the undertype of Trajan and Melqart visible. Light silvery-grey and lustrous. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $3,500 - UP
Purchased privately from Stack's in the 1990s.