CNG 97, Lot: 360. Estimate $4000. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela (24mm, 13.47 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, “year two of the freedom of Israel” in Hebrew around. Mildenberg 11.7 (O2/R9 – this coin); Meshorer 230; Hendin 1386. Near EF, toned.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Alan Levin Collection (Goldberg 28 May 2007), lot 2552; Harry Abramowitz Collection (Superior Galleries, 8 December 1993), lot 87; 1978 El Fawar Hoard (Mildenberg no. 26).