[MONEY] Judea - First revolt of the Jews, 67/68 CE A silver shekel dated in the second year of the Jewish war against Rome. Obverse: Cup, surrounded by the paleo-Hebrew inscription "shekel of Israel". Above the cup, the date (abbreviation of the year two). On the reverse: Stem with three pomegranates surrounded by the inscription "Jerusalem the holy". Diameter : 22 mm - Weight : 14,25 g Bibliography: Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 61, no. 193. The Great Revolt, 66-70 CE, also known as the Jewish War against the Romans, is known in Jewish history for its disastrous consequences, including widespread physical destruction, the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews and the obliteration of the Second Temple. During the war, Jewish rebels struck coins in defiance of Rome. The symbols used were largely agricultural products and vessels used in the Temple service. Keywords: judaica, jew, jewish, hebrew, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pesach, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hanouccah, torah, juden, israelite, Israel, antisemitism, antisemitism, dreyfus, meguila, sepharad, ketouba