CNG 90, Lot: 722. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Half Shekel (18mm, 6.66 g, 12h). Dated year 1 (66/7 CE). Omer cup; “1” (date) in Hebrew above,“Half Shekel” in Hebrew around / Sprig of three pomegranates; “Jerusalem [the] holy” in Hebrew around. Meshorer 188; Bromberg 61; Hendin 1355. VF, slightly porous. Rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.