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Sheqel Year 2
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 67-68 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Hebrew |
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| Reverse description | A central stem bearing three pomegranate buds — one terminal bud at the apex and two lateral buds on either side — rises from a rounded base, all rendered in a stylized, frontal composition typical of First Revolt Jewish coinage. The design is enclosed within a beaded border, with a paleo-Hebrew inscription encircling the central motif in the field. The engraving is bold and deeply struck, reflecting the distinctive artistic idiom of the period. |
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Struck during the second year of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome, this sheqel was produced by a rebel administration that had seized Jerusalem and expelled the Roman garrison. The coins were deliberately archaic in character, evoking the ancient Hebrew script of the Persian period rather than the Greek or Latin conventions of contemporary coinage — a pointed political statement from a population that had been issuing only bronze under Roman authority for decades. Rome's eventual response under Vespasian and Titus resulted in the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD and the complete cessation of this series after Year Five.