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2 New Sheqalim Gamla and the Vultures
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic composition of two griffon vultures soaring in flight over the ancient hilltop site of Gamla in the Golan Heights. The foreground vulture is rendered in exceptional high-relief detail with fully outstretched wings, while a second bird appears smaller in the mirrored background field, conveying depth and perspective. The lower portion of the field depicts a topographic representation of the Gamla nature reserve, with layered rocky ridges and traces of the ancient settlement visible below. The curved legend along the upper rim reads 'GAMLA AND THE VULTURES' in Latin script and 'גמלא והנשרים' in Hebrew, with an Arabic inscription also present, all set against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Gamla, a fortified city on the Golan Heights, fell to Roman forces under Vespasian in 67 CE after one of the more desperate sieges of the Jewish–Roman War. Ancient sources, including Josephus, record that thousands of defenders threw themselves from the city's cliffs rather than submit to capture — a detail that lends the site a grim parallel to Masada, though Gamla receives considerably less popular attention. The city was never rebuilt or reoccupied, leaving its archaeology unusually intact.
The Griffon Vulture colony at Gamla is today one of Israel's conservation successes, reestablished after the species was functionally extinct in the region for decades.