436, Lot: 243. Estimate $750. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Sela – Tetradrachm (22mm, 13.13 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). Omer cup; “Y[ear] 3” (date) in Hebrew above, “Shekel of Israel” (in Hebrew) around / Sprig of three pomegranates; “Jerusalem the holy” in Hebrew around. Meshorer 202; Kadman 20; Hendin 1361; Bromberg 68–70; Sofaer 29; Spaer 174. VF, toned, area of corrosion on the reverse beneath the toning.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 78 (14 May 2008), lot 943.