CNG 109, Lot: 359. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.53 g, 11h). Undated issue, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, star above, “Shim‘on” (in Hebrew) at sides / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, “For the Freedom of Jerusalem” (in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 90 (O17/R70); Meshorer 267; Hendin 1411; Bromberg 121 (same dies); Shoshana I 20366 (same dies); Sofaer 111 (same dies); Spaer 196 (same obv. die). In NGC encapsulation, 2401361-009, graded MS, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5.