JUDAEA. Bar Kokhba Revolt (AD 132-135). AR sela (27mm, 11.67 gm, 12h). NGC MS s 5/5 - 4/5. Undated issue of Year 3 (AD 134/5). Simon (Paleo-Hebrew) on two sides, wavy line above façade of the Jerusalem Temple, the Ark of the Covenant (or showbread table) seen from end in center of entrance / For the freedom of Jerusalem (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. Mildenberg 95 (O17/R65). Meshorer 269 (same dies as illustration). Hendin 1413 (same dies as illustration). Shoshana II 20370 (same dies). Sharply struck with rainbow toning in the fields. Ex Triton XIX (Classical Numismatic Group, 5 January 2016), lot 313; Hebrew College Museum, Newton Centre, Massachusetts (sold en bloc through Amphora Coins, 1998).

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