| Location | Israel |
| Year | 1959 |
| Type | Commemorative medals/Religious medal |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 105 g |
| Diameter | 61 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Period | |
| Notice | Gerd Rothschild, Zeev Lipman |
| Reference(s) |
| Obverse description | 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`. |
| Obverse lettering | • ISRAEL LIBERATA •
עשוד לחרות ישראל תשי`ח (Translation: Israel Liberation A Decade of Israel`s Liberation 5718(1948)) |
| Obverse script | |
| 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.). |
| Reverse lettering | IVDAEA CAPTA
S C
גלתה יהודה • תת`ל (Translation: Judea Captured S.C. Judea in Exile 3830 (70 C.E.)) |
| Reverse script | |
| Engraver | Emanograph, Tel Aviv,Israel Kretschmer Mint, Jerusalem,Israel |
| Mintage | ND (1959) - Emanograph - 20 000 ND (1959) - Kretschmer - 5 000 |
| Catalog ID | 2089790070 |
| Comments |
