CNG 108, Lot: 370. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Shekel (23mm, 14.20 g, 11h). Temple (Jerusalem) mint. Dated year 2 (April 67 - March 68 CE). Omer cup; “Y[ear] 2” (date, in Hebrew) above, “Shekel of Israel” (in Hebrew) around / Staff with three pomegranates; “Jerusalem the holy” (in Hebrew) around. Deutsch 182 (O14/R172); Meshorer 193; Kadman 8; Hendin 1358; Bromberg 63–4; Shoshana I 20202–3; Sofaer 5–8; Spaer 167–8. Good VF, toned.

From the D. C. Kopen Collection, purchased from James Beach, 2004.