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Tetradrachm of Bar Kochba, Year 2

Tetradrachm of Bar Kochba, Year 2

Bar Kochba

Jewish

Obverse: Tetrastyle facade of the Temple with fluted columns. The architrave is rendered by two lines and the podium by a thick exergual line. In the center the Ark of the Covenant in chest form. Overstruck. Reverse: lulav and etrog behind palm.

Silver

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Coins