A silver shekel, the second year of the Jewish...
A silver shekel, the second year of the Jewish War against Rome. Obv.: Cup, surrounded by the Paleo-Hebrew inscription 'shekel of Israel'. Above the cup, the date (abbreviation of year two). Rev.: Stem with three pomegranates surrounded by the inscription 'Jerusalem the holy'.
Includes a certificate of antiquity from 'The source – J. Oren' of 'The Old City Caesarea' in Israel dated to 1973.
67/8 C.E. 13.13 grams, 23½ mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 61, no. 193
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A silver shekel, the second year of the Jewish War against Rome. Obv.: Cup, surrounded by the Paleo-Hebrew inscription 'shekel of Israel'. Above the cup, the date (abbreviation of year two). Rev.: Stem with three pomegranates surrounded by the inscription 'Jerusalem the holy'.
Includes a certificate of antiquity from 'The source – J. Oren' of 'The Old City Caesarea' in Israel dated to 1973.
67/8 C.E. 13.13 grams, 23½ mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 61, no. 193