Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Update on that auctioned shekel

JOSEPH I. LAUER has circulated an e-mail update concerning yesterday's auction of that shekel coin from the fourth year of the Great Revolt against Rome (66-70 CE) ("Results of the July 19 auction for the two Jewish War coins"):
The July 19 auction for the two Jewish War coins has ended.
The silver shekel from the fourth year of the Jewish War against Rome, with an opening price of $23,000 and an “Estimation” of $28,000 - $32,000, was not sold. See
https://winners-auctions.com/en/content/silver-shekel-fourth-year-jewish-war-against-rome
The silver shekel from the second year of the Jewish War against Rome, with an opening price of $2,000 and an “Estimation” of $5,000 - $6,000, was sold for $5,280. See
https://winners-auctions.com/en/content/silver-shekel-second-year-jewish-war-against-rome-1
So, unlike the Great Revolt silver shekel auctioned several years ago, neither of these was a million dollar shekel.

For more on the coins auctioned yesterday and in 2012, see here and links.