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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;meme18, post: 4595434, member: 85209&quot;]Great overview article and some very nice coins on this thread. I am a little obsessed with Bar Kokhba coins but here are two of my favorite examples.[ATTACH=full]1138066[/ATTACH]</p><p>Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (14.16 g), 132-135 CE. Year 2 (133/4 CE). &#039;Simon&#039; (Paleo-Hebrew), tetrastyle façade of the </p><p>Temple of Jerusalem; show bread table or Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow </p><p>side; above façade, star. Rev. &#039;Year two of the freedom of Israel&#039; (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. (Mildenberg 29 (O6/R20); </p><p>TJC 233; Hendin 1388)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138071[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Zuz (3.35 g), 132-135 CE. Undated, attributed to year 3 (134/5 CE). &#039;Simna&#039; (Paleo-Hebrew) </p><p>within wreath of thin branches wrapped around eight almonds, with a me-dallion at top and tendrils at bottom. Rev. &#039;For the </p><p>freedom of Jerusalem&#039; (Paleo-Hebrew), two up-right trumpets with dot between. (Mildenberg 68 (O14/R40); TJC 276a; Hendin 1421)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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