A bronze prutah, the second year of the Jewish...

A bronze prutah, the second year of the Jewish War against Rome – irregular type. 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'.

This coin was struck by a carelessly engraved die termed irregular / barbaric.

67/8 C.E. 2.13 grams, 16 mm, axis 12. For similar examples cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 62, no. 198