Description
Judaea, First Revolt (66-70 CE)
AR Shekel, Year 1, 66/67 CE.
Obverse: Ritual chalice with wide, smooth rim, pellet on either side and at middle of stem, flat base with pearled ends, ‘Shekel of Isreal’ (in Palaeo-Hebrew).
Reverse: Paleo-Hebrew “Jerusalem the Holy” around three pomegranate buds on stem with pearl at bottom.
(Hendin 1354).
About Extremely Fine.
14.12g.
Ex Spink Auction 1206, 07/01/1999, Lot #182.