Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 313. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $6250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, First Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Shekel (14.27 g, 12h). Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). “Shekel of Israel” in Hebrew, omer cup with pearled rim; “y(ear) 3” in Hebrew above / “Jerusalem the holy” in Hebrew, sprig of three pomegranates. Meshorer 202; AJC II 18; Hendin 662; Kadman 20; Bromberg 69 (same dies). EF, attractively toned.

Ex Gen. Moshe Dayan Collection (Sotheby’s, 28 October 1985), lot 342.