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AR Sela (14.53 gm) 132-135 C.E. Year 2. Jerusalem.
Façade of Jerusalem Temple; rosette in pediment / Year Two of the freedom of Israel. Lulav with etrog. Mildenberg 28.
Mildenberg chooses this obverse die for the cover of his monumental work, as it has the loveliest depiction of a carefully designed round rosette in the pediment of the Temple structure.
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