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1/4 Sheqel Year 4
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 69-70 |
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| Reference(s) | Hendin 5ᵗʰ#1366 |
| Obverse description | Three palm branches bound together at their stalks, displayed upright and centrally within a beaded border. The fronds fan outward symmetrically, rendered in the bold, stylized manner characteristic of Jewish revolt coinage. The Hebrew inscription רבע השקל (quarter of a sheqel) appears in the field, serving as the denomination legend. The overall design reflects the nationalist iconography adopted by the Jewish rebels during the Great Revolt against Rome. |
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| Reverse description | The Hebrew letter ד (dalet), denoting regnal year 4 of the Great Revolt (69–70 CE), occupies the central field, flanked and encircled by a wreath of palm branches tied with a distinctive X-shaped binding at the base. The wreath fills the flan and is rendered in a stylized but vigorous manner consistent with the emergency coinage of the siege period. The beaded border frames the composition on the irregular hammered flan. |
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Year 4 of the Jewish revolt against Rome is the final year of the series — Jerusalem fell to Titus in the summer of 70 CE, the Temple was burned, and the mint ceased operation permanently. Coins from this year were struck under siege conditions, which accounts for the occasionally irregular fabric seen across the denomination. The quarter sheqel is the scarcest of the revolt denominations at every date, and Year 4 is the rarest of the four years in this fraction.