JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.87 g, 12h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE).

CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 548. Estimated: $ 4 000

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 13 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.87 g, 12h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, cross above, “Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, “Y(ear) 2 of the Freedom of Israel” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 14 (O3/R8); Meshorer 230b; Hendin 1386; Bromberg 82 (same dies); Shoshana I 20260 (same obv. die); Sofaer 31–4; Spaer 190 (same dies). Darkly toned, some deposits, a couple of minor flaws on obverse. Good VF.

From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Patrick H.C. Tan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 84, 5 May 2010), lot 726; Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 318; Gen. Moshe Dayan Collection (Sotheby’s, 28 October 1985), lot 347.


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