Fontanille Coins
Auction 82 8 February 2016
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Jewish War, quarter shekel in bronze struck year 69-70 C.E. in Jerusalem (GBC 1368) 8.15 g.
Struck by the pair of dies O8-R12, this beauty is definitely one of the 3 finest known specimens for the type (www.menorahcoinproject.org/fjr-14.htm). The illustration at bottom shows the steps of the cleaning process for the side with the etrog. It took almost 60 hours of work to clean this coin that was found heavily encrusted (at left).
Est. $7,000-9,000
Struck by the pair of dies O8-R12, this beauty is definitely one of the 3 finest known specimens for the type (www.menorahcoinproject.org/fjr-14.htm). The illustration at bottom shows the steps of the cleaning process for the side with the etrog. It took almost 60 hours of work to clean this coin that was found heavily encrusted (at left).
Est. $7,000-9,000