The ancient shekel sold for $ 1.1 million

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The ancient shekel sold for 1.1 million dollars

Silver Shekel minted in 66 AD, sold at auction in New York for $ 1.1 million . This was reported March 9 Associated Press. Buyer made ​​an anonymous American collector .

The coin was minted during the First Jewish War , when the Jews revolted against the Romans. On one side of the shekel represented a ritual bowl, on the other - pomegranate tree and the inscription " Holy Jerusalem." Total to this day came only two of these coins. The second is stored at the Israel Museum , while it drilled , so that was sold in New York shekel is the only serviceable copy of an ancient coin.

At the auction house Heritage Auctions claim that the $ 1.1 million - the highest price ever given for a Jewish value. Sold shekel formerly belonged to a private " Shoshana Collection ," which has a total of 2.2 thousand Jewish coins. According to Art Daily, many of them expects to get the Israel Museum with the Jewish community in the United States.

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