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Auction 39  10 January 2017
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Lot 45

Estimate: 400 USD
Price realized: 825 USD
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ANCIENT JEWISH COINS, THE JEWISH WAR, 66-70CE, Judaea, The Jewish War. Æ 1/8 Shekel (5.20 g), 66-70 CE. Jerusalem, year 4 (69/70 CE). 'Year four'(Paleo-Hebrew), lulav branch flanked by an etrog on either sider. Rev. 'To the redemption of Zion'
(Paleo-Hebrew), chalice with pearled rim. (TJC 214; Hendin 1369). Pleasing green patina. Extremely fine.

Purchased privately from D. Hendin, June 1987.
The bronze eighth denomination of the fourth year (April 69-March 70 CE) of the Jewish War is remarkable for its use of the pearled chalice type on the reverse when this had previously been reserved for silver shekels and fractions. It may signal that this denomination, although unmarked, was intended as a token representing a value in silver.

Estimate: $ 400
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