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1/2 Sheqel Year 3
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 68-69 |
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| Currency | The Great Revolt ‒ Shekel (66-70) |
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| Obverse description | Central type depicts a chalice (omer cup) with a beaded rim and a rounded body set on a short stem and flat base, all within a plain inner border composed of a beaded dotted circle. Above the cup appears the Hebrew inscription denoting the denomination, with the year designation flanking the vessel to either side. A stylized pomegranate or bud motif appears at the upper right of the field. The entire design is rendered in low relief in the archaic Hebrew (Paleo-Hebrew) script tradition, characteristic of the Jewish revolt coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central type features a three-branched lulav (palm branch) with a citron (etrog) fruit at its lower left, rendered in stylized low relief. The lulav rises vertically and dominates the field, flanked on either side by the circular Hebrew legend. The inscription, written in Paleo-Hebrew script, reads 'Jerusalem the Holy' and encircles the entire design within a dotted border. The composition is characteristic of the civic-religious iconography employed on Jewish revolt coinage, evoking both Temple ritual and the sanctity of Jerusalem. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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