CNG 112, Lot: 339. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Shekel (22mm, 14.07 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 50 (O4/R48); Meshorer 193; Kadman 8; Hendin 1358; Bromberg II 376 (same obv. die); Shoshana I 20202–3; Sofaer 7–8 (same obv. die); Spaer 167–8. Lightly toned, scrape on obverse, slightly off center on reverse. EF.