Lot 171
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.29 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. Rev. 'For the freedom of Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. Hendin 1413; Mildenberg 9.165 (O17/R65; this coin); TJC 269. Boldly struck on a beautiful full flan. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP
From the Palm Desert Collection. Ex Superior (10 June 1987), Buddy Ebsen Collection, 4208.
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