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First Jewish Revolt coinage

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44: 20: 260: 544: 1088: 246: 64: 1098: 88: 211:, and the date and inscription "For the Redemption of Zion". This coin is usually called an 'eighth', probably being an eighth of a shekel. There is broad scholarly agreement that coins issued by the Judean government during the Revolt use an archaic Hebrew script and Jewish symbols including pomegranate buds, 146:
In the Revolt's first year (66–67 CE), the Jews minted only silver coins, which were struck from the Temple's store of silver. The newly minted silver coins included shekels, half-shekels, and quarter-shekels, each being labelled with the year of minting and their denomination. and depict a
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In the fourth year of the revolt (69–70 CE) three large sizes of bronze coins were minted, possibly because the supplies of Temple silver were diminishing. It is believed by
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Roth, Cecil. 1962. "The Historical Implications of the Jewish Coinage of the First Revolt."
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During the second (67–68 CE) and third (68–69 CE) years of the Revolt
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Silver shekel of the First Jewish Revolt from Rome in the British Museum
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The medium size coin has the same inscription, with the denomination "
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Half Shekel coin issued by the Jewish rebels in 67–68 CE, note
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Coins minted by the Jews of Judaea during the First Jewish–Roman War
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History of Jewish Coinage and of Money in the Old and New Testament
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Ariel, Donald T. "Judaea and Rome in Coins, 65 BCE - 135 CE.",
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with the year of the revolt above, surrounded by the ancient
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A coin issued by the Jewish rebels in 68–69 CE, note
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Coins of the First Revolt in the Jewish Virtual Library
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Coins from the First Revolt on Jewish Virtual Library
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Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
Obverse
Shekel
Reverse

Guillaume Postel
Samaritan alphabet
Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions

Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
Obverse
Shekel
Reverse

prutah
CE
Jews
Zealots
Jerusalem
Jewish Temple
Romans
CE
First Jewish Revolt
Rome
chalice
obverse
Hebrew
pomegranates
reverse

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