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Judaea First Revolt Prutah — Year Two

Specimen · judaea-first-revolt-prutah-year-two-001

The Coin

Obverse
Obverse — amphora with broad rim and two handles; paleo-Hebrew 'Year two'
Reverse
Reverse — vine leaf on a branch with tendril; paleo-Hebrew 'Freedom of Zion'

Attribution: Judaea. Jerusalem. Jewish rebel administration (First Revolt). Year Two = 67/68 AD. AE. prutah.

Obverse: Amphora with a broad rim and two curved handles.

Reverse: Vine leaf on a small branch with tendril.

Weight: 2.42 g (tag) (Weight taken from the dealer tag; not independently re-weighed. Normal range for the revolt prutah.)  Reference: Hendin 1360 (= 661 older ed.)

Related Coin Images

Related
NOT this coin — a similar year-2 prutah of the same weight, CNG Mail Bid Sale 64, lot 436 (24 September 2003), investigated as a possible earlier appearance and excluded: the obverse border dots and left-field lettering differ. Kept for comparison. CNG’s full cataloguing: ‘JUDAEA. First Jewish War. 66-70 CE. Æ Prutah (2.42 gm). Dated year 2 (67 CE). “Year 2”, footed amphora, no lid / “Of the freedom of Zion”, grape vine. Meshorer 196a; Hendin 661. Good VF, dark brown patina.’ Image: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC (cngcoins.com), via acsearch.info.

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