A silver shekel, the third year of the Jewish...

A silver shekel, the third year of the Jewish War against Rome. Obv.: Cup, surrounded by Paleo-Hebrew inscription ' shekel of Israel'. Above the cup, the date (abbreviation of year three). 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.
68/9 C.E. 14.01 grams, 22¼ mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 62, no. 202 – 202a