746. 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, 3∑o2C (“Shim‘on” in Hebrew) at sides / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, L!RC¥ RHL @C (“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. ($3000)
747 748 747. JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (19mm, 3.38 g, 2h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). o2C (“Shim‘” in Hebrew) within wreath / Kithara with three strings; L!RC¥ RHL @C (“Y(ear) 2 of the Freedom of Israel” in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 13 (O4/R7’); Meshorer 238 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 1389; Bromberg 445 (same dies); Shoshana I 20283–4 (same dies); Sofaer 40 (same dies); Spaer 203 (same dies). Near EF, lightly toned, traces of undertype. ($2000) 748. JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Zuz – Denarius (17mm, 2.81 g, 7h). Dated year 2 (133/4 CE). o2C (“Shim‘” in Hebrew) within wreath / Flagon with handle; palm frond to right; L!RC¥ RHL @C (“Y(ear) 2 of the Freedom of Israel” in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 34 (O5’/R22); Meshorer 250a; Hendin 1391; Bromberg 140 (same dies); Shoshana I 20289 (same dies); Sofaer 55–6 var. (rev. legend); Spaer 207 (same obv. die). Near EF, toned, spot of deposit on reverse. ($500) From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 75 (25 October 1999), lot 1356.
Ex Sullivan, Bromberg, and the 1976 Dahariÿeh Hoard
749. JUDAEA, Bar Kochba Revolt. 132-135 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 15.34 g, 1h). Undated, but attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). Façade of the Temple at Jerusalem; showbread table within, star above, 3∑o2C (“Shim‘on” in Hebrew) at sides / Bundle of lulav; etrog to left, 2LC∑R¥ ¡∑RHL (“For the Freedom of Jerusalem” in Hebrew) around. Mildenberg 56.11 (O13/R42 - this coin, illustrated); Meshorer 267; Hendin 1411; Bromberg 420 (this coin); Shoshana II 20335 (same dies); Sofaer 107–13; Spaer 193 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned. Overstruck on a Tyre tetradrachm of Trajan. ($3000) From the collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex John F. Sullivan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 70, 21 September 2005), lot 399; Abraham Bromberg Collection (Superior Galleries, 10 December 1992), lot 420; Dahariÿeh, 1976 Hoard.
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