CNG 106, Lot: 500. Estimate $2000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Half Shekel (17.5mm, 6.58 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). Omer cup; “Y[ear] 3” (date, in Hebrew) above,“Half Shekel” (in Hebrew) around / Sprig of three pomegranates; “Jerusalem the holy” (in Hebrew) around. Meshorer 203; Kadman 23; Hendin 1362; Bromberg 71; Shoshana I 20210 (same obv. die); Sofaer 30; Spaer 175 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, underlying luster.

From the George Bernert Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 520 (April 1989), lot 19.