Triton XV, Lot: 1291. Estimate $4000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Shekel (22mm, 13.84 g, 11h). Dated year 1 (66/7 CE). Omer cup; “1” (date) in Hebrew above,“Shekel of Israel” in Hebrew around / Sprig of three pomegranates; “Jerusalem [the] holy” in Hebrew around. Meshorer 187; AJC 3; Hendin 1354; Kadman 2; Bromberg 371 (same dies). Good VF, toned, flat strike at left edge on obverse.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Jacob Stein Collection (Gemini V, 6 January 2009), lot 176.