Watch List notes:

ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, THE JEWISH WAR, 66-70CE, Judaea, The Jewish War. Silver 1/2 Shekel (6.99 g), 66-70 CE. Jerusalem, year 1 (66/7 CE). 'Half of a Shekel' (Paleo-Hebrew), ritual chalice with wide, smooth rim, pellet on either side, and flat base with pearled ends; above, '[year] 1'. Rev. 'Jerusalem [the] holy' (Paleo-Hebrew), staff with three pomegranate buds, round base. (TJC 188; Hendin 1355). Lightly toned. Extremely fine.

ex Dr. Jonathan A. Herbst Collection (Superior, 8-9 December 1995), lot 1236.

Estimate: $ 5,000