CNG 84, Lot: 727. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.48 g, 12h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). “Jerusalem” in Hebrew at sides, façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; Ark of the Covenant within, star above / “year 2 of the freedom of Israel” in Hebrew, bundle of lulav; ethrog to left. Mildenberg 36 (O8’/R26); Meshorer 233; Hendin 689; Bromberg 94 (same dies). EF, lustrous.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.