Jewish Coinage, Judea, First Jewish Revolt (66-70 CE), Prutah(C)

In 66 CE, the Roman governor Gessius Florius’s, violated the Temple in Jerusalem by sending in soldiers to seize seven talents in the name of the emperor. Protests were met with arrests and crucifixions; a general uprising took place and Jerusalem was quickly liberated. During the second (67-68 CE) and third (68-69 CE) years of the Revolt bronze prutah coins were issued, depicting an amphora, with the date and the Hebrew inscription “The Freedom of Zion”. The Revolt ultimately failed with capture of Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple in 70 CE.

Ancient & Historical, Loose Ancient

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