A bronze prutah, the second year of the Jewish...
A bronze prutah, the second year of the Jewish War against Rome – double struck. Obv.: Amphora (wine vessel) with wide rim, fluted belly, two handles, and Paleo-Hebrew inscription 'year two'. Below it, traces of the upper part of the amphora and two letters from the double strike. Rev.: Vine leaf with small branch and tendril, surrounded by the inscription 'freedom of Zion'. Below it, traces of two letters from the double strike.
The obverse and the reverse both show signs of the double strike.
67/8 C.E. 2.82 grams, 18½ mm, axis 12. For similar cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 62, no. 201
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A bronze prutah, the second year of the Jewish War against Rome – double struck. Obv.: Amphora (wine vessel) with wide rim, fluted belly, two handles, and Paleo-Hebrew inscription 'year two'. Below it, traces of the upper part of the amphora and two letters from the double strike. Rev.: Vine leaf with small branch and tendril, surrounded by the inscription 'freedom of Zion'. Below it, traces of two letters from the double strike.
The obverse and the reverse both show signs of the double strike.
67/8 C.E. 2.82 grams, 18½ mm, axis 12. For similar cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 62, no. 201
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