Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Sela - Simeon bar Kosevah Year Two
| Issuer | Bar Kokhba Revolt |
|---|---|
| Year | 133-134 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 14.65 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Facade of the Temple in Jerusalem depicted in high relief, featuring four columns supporting an entablature with a dotted inner border running along the base and top. The central intercolumniation reveals the Ark of the Covenant rendered as a dotted rectangular chest set within an arched niche. The outer field is bounded by a beaded border, with Hebrew letters appearing at either side of the temple facade. The overall artistic style reflects the symbolic and religious aspirations of the Bar Kokhba revolt, evoking the sanctity of the destroyed Temple. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Struck in Year Two of the revolt against Rome — roughly 133–134 CE — this sela belongs to the administration of Simon bar Kosevah, whom Rabbi Akiva famously proclaimed the messianic "Son of a Star." The coins of this revolt were not minted from fresh bullion; the rebels overstruck existing Roman provincial silver, primarily Trajanic and Hadrianic tetradrachms from the Antioch and Tyre mints, a logistical necessity given that no Jewish mint had operated for decades.
Traces of the host coin occasionally bleed through the new dies, making individual specimens useful data points for tracking which Roman issues were circulating in Judaea at the time of the revolt's outbreak.