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Auction 23106  19 Apr 2023
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Lot 7704

Starting price: 5000 GBP
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The Dr. Offer Collection of Jewish Coins | Judaea, The Jewish War (AD66-70) AR Shekel, Dated Year 3 (April 68-May 69), 'Shekel of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), omer cup with pearled rim, base resting on raised projections, date-mark 'Year 3' (Paleo-Hebrew) above rev. 'Jerusalem the Holy' (Paleo-Hebrew), staff with three pomegranate buds and globular base,14.24g, (GBC 6, 6390; GBC 5, 1361) perfectly-centred, darkly-toned with flashes of iridesence and lustre, lovely strike, good very fine and rare.
Provenance:
The Dr. Offer Collection of Jewish Coins, assembled by Dr. Daniel Offer (1929-2013) in Chicago in the 1980s. Originally catalogued in 1982 using Meshorer, Y. 'Jewish Coins of the Second Temple Period' Am Hassefer and Massada, Tel Aviv, (1967). Appraised at Sotheby's, April-May, 1999.
Estimate: £6000 - £8000
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