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2 New Shekels Avdat - The Incense Route
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | At center, the State Emblem of Israel — a menorah flanked by olive branches — is prominently displayed in the field. Below the emblem, the face value '2' appears alongside the denomination legend 'NEW SHEKELS / שקלים חדשים' in Latin and Hebrew. The country name 'ISRAEL / ישראל / إسرائيل' is inscribed in Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic scripts. A procession of five camels in single file occupies the lower portion of the design, evoking the ancient trade caravans of the Incense Route. The Gregorian year '2015' and the Hebrew year 'התשע״ה' are both noted, with the mint mark 'מ' also present. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Avdat — known in antiquity as Oboda — was a Nabataean caravan city in the Negev whose prosperity depended entirely on the frankincense and myrrh trade moving north from Arabia toward the Mediterranean. The site was designated a UNESCO World Heritage property in 2005 as part of the Incense Route nomination, which bundled four Negev Highland towns together. This coin was issued to mark that recognition, a decade after the designation.
Avdat was destroyed by the Sassanids in 614 AD and never fully recovered, which is largely why its ruins survived intact enough to excavate.