State Medal - Liberation

€1.00
LocationIsrael
Year1988
TypeCommemorative medal
CompositionPlatinum
Weight15.55 g
Diameter30 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgeLettering and Serial # Script: Latin Lettering: STATE OF ISRAEL PURE PLATINUM Translation: ISRAEL GOVERNMENT APPROVED ISSUE 1948 - 1958 Based off a roman coin design. 
Period
NoticeKretschmer
Reference(s) ICMC#55157307
Obverse descriptionA 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`.
Obverse lettering ISRAEL LIBERATA עשור לחרות ישראל תשי`ח
(Translation: Israel Liberation A Decade of Israel`s Liberation 5718(1948))
Obverse scriptHebrew, Latin
Reverse descriptionThe image on the reverse portrays a side of the coin struck by Roman Emperor Vespasian in 71 A.D after victory against the Jewish revolt in Judea.
Reverse letteringJUDAEA CAPTIVE 70 C.E IVDEA CAPTA S.C. גלתה יהודה תת`ל
(Translation: Judea Captured S.C. Judea in Exile 3830 (70 C.E.))
Reverse scriptHebrew, Latin
EngraverCredit Gold, Bnei Brak, Israel
Mintage1988  - - 1 250
Catalog ID4354939890
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