CNG 103, Lot: 380. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.79 g, 11h). Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, wavy line above, “Shim‘on” (in Hebrew) at sides / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, “For the Freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 91 (O17/R70); Meshorer 269 (same obv. die as illustration); Hendin 1413 (same obv. die as illustration); Bromberg 121 (same dies); Shoshana II 20365–6 (same dies); Sofaer 111 (same dies); Spaer 196 (same obv. die). Near EF, lustrous.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Archaeological Center – Deutsch 40 (4 April 2007), lot 123.