445, Lot: 224. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Shekel (22.5mm, 13.04 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Dated year 2 (67/8 CE). Omer cup; “Y[ear] 2” (date, in Hebrew) above, “Shekel of Israel” (in Hebrew) around / Sprig of three pomegranates; “Jerusalem the holy” (in Hebrew) around. Deutsch 124 (O9/R117); Meshorer 193; Kadman 8; Hendin 1358; Bromberg 63–4; Shoshana I 20202–3; Sofaer 5–8; Spaer 167–8. Good VF, toned, small area of flat strike, cleaning scratches, patches of roughness.