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Auction: 23106 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 28: Ancient Coins Featuring the Dr. Offer Collection of Jewish Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 7705

The Dr. Offer Collection of Jewish Coins | Judaea, The Jewish War (AD66-70) AR Half-Shekel, Dated Year 3 (April 68-May 69) 'Half of a Shekel' (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, 7.11g, (GBC 6, 6391; GBC 5, 1362) Perfectly-centred, toned and well-struck, residually lustrous and good very fine, immensely rare and of great historical importance

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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£7500