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Auction: 23106 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 28: Ancient Coins Featuring the Dr. Offer Collection of Jewish Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 7701

The Dr. Offer Collection of Jewish Coins | Jewish Coinage, under Persian rule (pre 333 BC), AR Hemiobol, crowned head of Persian king right, rev. falcon with spread wings, traces of Hebrew "yhd" (Yehud), on right 0.30g (Hendin, 429; AJC, 9) Obverse flat and off-centre, reverse about very fine, a rare and important type

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.

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£280