Triton XVI, Lot: 570. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Shekel (21mm, 14.19 g, 12h). Dated year 2 (67/8 CE). Omer cup; “Y 2” (date) in Hebrew above,“Shekel of Israel” in Hebrew around / Sprig of three pomegranates; “Jerusalem the holy” in Hebrew around. Meshorer 193; Kadman 8; Hendin 1358; Bromberg 63–4; Shoshana I 20203 (same obv. die). Good VF, lightly toned, tiny deposits on obverse.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.