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1/2 Sheqel Year 4
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 69-70 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A central stem rises from a rounded base and branches into three pomegranate buds, the central bud uppermost and flanked by two lateral buds on curved stems, forming a symmetrical, candelabrum-like composition. The design is boldly struck in a stylized, linear manner consistent with the hammered coinage of the First Jewish Revolt. A dotted border frames the entire reverse field. The paleo-Hebrew dedicatory inscription is distributed around the central device. |
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| Reverse lettering | ירושלים הקדושה (Translation: Jerusalem the holy) |
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Year 4 half-shekels are the scarcest of the Jewish War series by a considerable margin. The revolt was collapsing by this point — Vespasian's legions had systematically reduced Judea through 68 and 69 AD, and Jerusalem itself fell to Titus in 70 AD. Coins dated Year 4 were struck in the final months of the siege, almost certainly inside the walls of a city already under Roman encirclement. That so many survived at all likely reflects deliberate hoarding rather than ordinary loss.