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Sela (tetradrachm) with Jerusalem Temple
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 134–135
Mint: Judaea, Uncertain mint
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28.5 mm. Weight: 14.87 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number60.1151
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome, Judaica
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 304.
DescriptionObverse: Jerusalem Temple with the Ark of the Covenant.
Above, star or rosette (rebus).
SCHIM-EON (Northern Semitic).
Reverse: Lulab with ethrog on the left.
Around: LEHERUT YERUSHALAYIM. "For the Freedom of Jerusalem."
Overstrike.
Bar Kochba Revolt.
Above, star or rosette (rebus).
SCHIM-EON (Northern Semitic).
Reverse: Lulab with ethrog on the left.
Around: LEHERUT YERUSHALAYIM. "For the Freedom of Jerusalem."
Overstrike.
Bar Kochba Revolt.
ProvenanceBy 1959: with AG. Leu & Co., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland and Adolph Hess AG., Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess-Leu auction, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, March 24, 1959, lot 297); October 13, 1960: purchased by MFA from Leu & Co. for $ 235.00