Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.65 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, wavy line. Reverse: 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. Hendin 6441; Mildenberg 92 (O17/R71); TJC 269. Struck on a broad flan. Virtually as struck and lustrous. Weakly struck about the borders. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $7,500 - UP
From the Randolph Family Collection. Purchased privately from Edward J. Waddell.