Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 715. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA. First Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Shekel (13.62 gm). Dated year 2 (67/8 CE). “Shekel of Israel,” Omer cup with pearled rim; date above / “Jerusalem the Holy”, sprig of three pomegranates. Meshorer 193; AJC II pg. 260, 18; Hendin 659. Toned VF, spots of porosity, particularly on the obverse. ($1000)

From the Christopher Connell Collection.