JUDAEA, Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Shekel (22mm, 13.54 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). Omer cup; “Y[ear] 3” (date, in Hebrew) above, “Shekel of Israel” (in Hebrew) around / Sprig of three pomegranates; “Jerusalem the holy” (in Hebrew) around. Deutsch 85.2 (O9/R77 – this coin ); Meshorer 202; Kadman 20; Hendin 1361; Bromberg I 68–70; Shoshana I 20207–9; Sofaer 29; Spaer 174. Toned, underlying luster. EF.

From the San Vicente Collection. Ex Ponterio 133 (14 January 2005), lot 1424.