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Auction: 23106 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 28: Ancient Coins Featuring the Dr. Offer Collection of Jewish Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 7704

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.

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Starting price
£5000