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Auction: 16005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals including European Coins from the Peter Woodhead Collection
Lot: 1015

The Jewish War (66-70 CE), AR Shekel, 14.15g, year 3 (April 68-May 69), ritual chalice with pearled rim, Hebrew legend "shekel of Israel" and date "year 3", rev. staff with pomegranate buds, Hebrew legend "Jerusalem the holy" (Hendin 5th ed. 1361, 4th ed. 662; AJC 18), about extremely fine

provenance
Purchased from Leo Hamburger, Frankfurt, as a Bar Mitzvah between the two world wars.

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Sold for
£3,200