JUDAEA, Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Half Shekel (18.5mm, 6.80 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). Omer cup; "Y[ear] 3" (date, in Hebrew) above,"Half Shekel" (in Hebrew) around / Sprig of three pomegranates; "Jerusalem the holy" (in Hebrew) around. Deutsch 8 (O1/R8); Kadman 23; Meshorer 203; Hendin 6391; Bromberg 71; Shoshana I 20210 (same obv. die); Sofaer 30; Spaer 175. Toned, trace deposits, minor flan flaw in field on reverse. Near EF.
From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Gemini IX (8 January 2012), lot 188 (hammer $10,500); Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 50, 23 June 1999), lot 942.