In the center - symbol of Israel`s liberation`. A farmer planting a tree, a gleeful woman holding her child aloft, a seven branched palm tree bearing two clusters of fruit. Around the rim, the Hebrew inscription `A decade of Israel`s Liberation 571 (1948) and in Latin `Israel Liberation`.
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Reverse description
A duplicate of a Roman coin struck on the occasion of the conquest of Jerusalem by Vespasian in the year 70 C.E. On the left, Vespasian the victor; on the right a mourning Hebrew woman sitting under a palm tree, the symbol of Judea. The edge of the Roman coin bears the Latin inscription `Judea Capta`, Judea captured, below, the letters S.C. standing for `Senatus Consultum`, by order of the Senate. Around the rim of the medallion, a chain, the symbol of captivity, and a Hebrew inscription `Judea in Exile 3830 (70 C.E.).
