| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > February 2024 World CCO Auction | Auction date: 26 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 74091 Price realized: 5,500 USD (Approx. 5,069 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA. First Jewish War, 66-70 C.E. AR Shekel, Jerusalem Mint, Year 2 (67/8 C.E.). ANACS AU 58. Meshorer-193; Hendin-1358. Obverse: Omer cup; date above; Reverse: Sprig of three pomegranates. Estimate: $3000 - $6000 |  |
Match 1:
| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > January 2024 NYINC Auction | Auction date: 12 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 50059 Price realized: 6,500 USD (Approx. 5,927 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA. First Jewish War, 66-70 C.E. AR Shekel (13.30 gms), Jerusalem Mint, Year 2 (67/8 C.E.). NGC Ch EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5. Meshorer-193; Hendin-1358. Obverse: Omer cup; Reverse: Sprig of three pomegranates. Always a popular type, this attractively toned specimen features a pleasing strike on a flan free from issue and possessing a good deal of lustrous brilliance. Estimate: $3000 - $5000 |  |
Match 2:
| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > January 2024 NYINC Auction | Auction date: 12 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 50060 Price realized: 6,500 USD (Approx. 5,927 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA. First Jewish War, 66-70 C.E. AR Shekel (14.25 gms), Jerusalem Mint, Year 3 (68/9 C.E.). NGC EF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5. Edge Chip. Meshorer-202; Hendin-1361. Obverse: Omer cup; "shekel of Israel; year 3" around and above; Reverse: Three pomegranates on stem; "Jerusalem the holy" around. A popular type from the final date in the brief series associated with the First Jewish War, this example presents a clear, well centered strike upon each side and a good deal of flashy brilliance remaining in the fields. Estimate: $4000 - $6000 |  |
Match 3:
| Oslo Myntgalleri AS > Auction 37 | Auction date: 25 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 1647 Price realized: 2,600 NOK (Approx. 243 USD / 222 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA. First Jewish War, 66-70 CE. Æ eight shekel (19 mm; 5,56 g). Jerusalem mint, dated year 4 (69-70 CE). Lulav bunch flanked by etrogs / Omer cup. Red-green patina with lighter earthen deposits., Meshorer 214, Hendin 6398, Grade: 1+, From the inventory of a Swedish dealer Starting price: 2000 NOK |  |
Match 4:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 181 Price realized: 280 CHF (Approx. 318 USD / 296 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: JUDAEA, First Jewish War. 66-70 CE. 1/8 Shekel (Bronze, 19 mm, 5.35 g, 12 h), Jerusalem, Year 4 = 69/70. 'for the redemption of Zion' (in Hebrew) Omer cup. Rev. 'year four' (in Hebrew) Lulav bunch flanked by etrogs. Hendin 6398. Meshorer 214. Sofaer 44-49. An attractive example with a particularly sharp reverse. Repatinated and with a flan fault on the edge, otherwise, good very fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, formed since summer 1991. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 31042 Price realized: 9,000 USD (Approx. 8,204 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients JUDAEA. The Jewish War (AD 66-70). AR shekel (22mm, 13.83 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Jerusalem, dated Year 3 (April AD 68-May AD 69). Shekel of Israel (Paleo-Hebrew), omer cup with pearled rim, base resting on raised projections; Year Three above / Jerusalem the Holy (Paleo-Hebrew), staff with three pomegranate buds and globular base. GBC 6, 6390. An arctic flan flashes with wintry brilliance backlighting the bold devices. From The Bob Klein History of Money Collection. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3051 (9 January 2017), lot 34049. After decades of abuses heaped by the Romans upon the denizens of Judaea, the Jews were ripe for revolt. In AD 66, the Procurator Gessius Florus summarily seized 16 talents of silver from the Jerusalem temple. A massive protest by the citizens brought a typically brutal Roman response and more than 3,000 Jews were slain. Pleas for calm by the client King Agrippa II fell on deaf ears as the city and countryside rose in full-scale revolt. Florus and the Roman garrison were driven from the city; an attempt by the legate of nearby Syria to put down the rebellion led to the loss of an entire Legion, XII Fulminata, and consternation in Rome. Once freed of the Romans, Jerusalem temple authorities began striking their own silver coinage - the first time that a sovereign Jewish government had done so. The mint was likely located within the Temple complex and the silver provided by the stockpiles of Tyrian shekels kept in the treasury. Mintage was carefully controlled for weight, fineness and the legends each coin carried. The coins featured Jewish symbolism dating back centuries and slogans ("For the Freedom of Jerusalem" and "For the Redemption of Zion") that showed the leaders of the rebellion well understood how to use coins for mass communication. Workmanship in the manufacture of these thick shekels and half-shekels (smaller silver fractions were also struck in tiny numbers) was unusually high, given the wartime conditions under which they were created. Coins were dated to the year the revolt started, beginning with Year 1 (AD 66/7). https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/judaea/ancients-judaea-the-jewish-war-ad-66-70-ar-shekel-22mm-1383-gm-12h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-4-5/a/3113-31042.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 10000-15000 USD |  |
