Triton XVIII, Lot: 746. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.85 g, 12h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, star above, “Shim‘on” in Hebrew at sides / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, “Y(ear) 2 of the Freedom of Israel” in Hebrew around. Mildenberg 31 (O6/R23); Meshorer 233; Hendin 1388; Bromberg 407 (same dies); Shoshana II 20168 (same dies); Sofaer 35; Spaer 191 (same obv. die). Near EF, minor die shift on reverse. Well struck with no undertype visible.