A bronze prutah, the second year of the Jewish...
A bronze prutah, the second year of the Jewish War against Rome. Obv.: Amphora (wine vessel) with wide rim, fluted belly, two handles, and Paleo-Hebrew inscription ' year two'. Rev.: Vine leaf with small branch and tendril, surrounded by the inscription ' freedom of Zion'.
67/8 C.E. 3.30 grams, 18½ mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 62, no. 196a
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A bronze prutah, the second year of the Jewish War against Rome. Obv.: Amphora (wine vessel) with wide rim, fluted belly, two handles, and Paleo-Hebrew inscription ' year two'. Rev.: Vine leaf with small branch and tendril, surrounded by the inscription ' freedom of Zion'.
67/8 C.E. 3.30 grams, 18½ mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 62, no. 196a