Posted on 12/15/2022 10:06:22 AM PST by SunkenCiv
"This is the third coin of this type found in excavations in Jerusalem, and one of the few ever found in archeological excavations," said the researchers.
During the Great Revolt against Rome, the Jews in Jerusalem minted bronze and silver coins. Most of the silver coins featured a goblet on one side, with ancient Hebrew script above it noting the year of the Revolt. Depending on its denomination, the coins also included an inscription around the border noting either, "Israel Shekel," "Half-Shekel," or "Quarter-Shekel." The other side of these coins showcased a branch with three pomegranates, surrounded by an inscription in ancient Hebrew script, "Holy Jerusalem."
Throughout the Roman era the authority to produce silver coins was reserved solely for the emperor. During the Revolt, the minting of coins, especially those made of silver, was a political statement and an expression of national liberation from Roman rule by the Jewish rebels. Indeed, throughout the Roman period leading up to the Great Revolt, no silver coins were minted by Jews, not even during the rule of King Herod the Great.
According to the researchers, half-shekel coins (which had an average weight of 7 grams) were also used to pay the "half-shekel" tax to the Temple, contributed annually by every Jewish adult male to help cover the costs of worship...
Thus, the silver coins produced by the rebels were intended to also serve as a replacement for the Tyrean coins, by using more appropriate inscriptions and replacing images (forbidden by the Second Commandment) with symbols. The silver coins from the Great Revolt were the first and the last in ancient times to bear the title 'shekel.' The next time this name was used was in 1980, on Israeli Shekel coins produced by the Bank of Israel."
(Excerpt) Read more at en.huji.ac.il ...
Perhaps as many as one million.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-great-revolt-66-70-ce
The pedophile Emperor Hadrian banned circumcision, helping to bring on the second revolt, known as Bar Kochba.
https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Second-Jewish-Revolt/604858
sidebar, the Josephus Problem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCsD3ZGzMgE
Shekel the other robe, you find the other half coin!
Thanks Civ
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Definition of Joe Biden. Underlying his total incompetence is a deep layer of pure malice. Evil and corrupt to the core. Good old Uncle Joe. They called Stalin Uncle Joe.
My pleasure.
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Now we have Uncle Joe Steelin. Ten percent for the big guy!
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