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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3893618, member: 97383"]I would say the coin pictured below is the most important historically in my collection. The coin is not rare by any standard. Robert Deutsch in his book <b>Jewish Coinage During the First Revolt Against Rome 66 - 73 CE</b>, copyright 2017, has documented 439 Year 2 Shekels, and there are probably 50 more he hasn't documented. Despite the large number of these coins extant, they are popular and choice examples sell for high prices at auction. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1026954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1026955[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Year 2 Shekel pictured below was auctioned by Heritage last September for $11,000.00. The light weight of the coin & the wear evident on both dies indicates it was struck late in Year 2. As the slab insert indicates it was once owned by antiquities dealer Joel Malter.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026966[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1026977[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1026979[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3893618, member: 97383"]I would say the coin pictured below is the most important historically in my collection. The coin is not rare by any standard. Robert Deutsch in his book [B]Jewish Coinage During the First Revolt Against Rome 66 - 73 CE[/B], copyright 2017, has documented 439 Year 2 Shekels, and there are probably 50 more he hasn't documented. Despite the large number of these coins extant, they are popular and choice examples sell for high prices at auction. [ATTACH=full]1026953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1026954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1026955[/ATTACH] The Year 2 Shekel pictured below was auctioned by Heritage last September for $11,000.00. The light weight of the coin & the wear evident on both dies indicates it was struck late in Year 2. As the slab insert indicates it was once owned by antiquities dealer Joel Malter. [ATTACH=full]1026966[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1026977[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1026979[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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