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'.
68/9 C.E. 13.93 grams, 22 mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 62, no. 202.
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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'.
68/9 C.E. 13.93 grams, 22 mm, axis 12. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 62, no. 202.