Beschreibung

AR-Shekel, year 1 (=66/67), Jerusalem; 14,16 g.

ŠQL YSR’L (shekel of Israel) around a chalice used in the temple cult, above ' (=A=1)//YRWŠLM KDŠH (Jerusalem the holy) around a branch with three pomegranates. Deutsch pl. 1 no. 6: dies 3 & 6 (this coin mentioned); Hendin no. 1353 f.; Meshorer, Treasury 240 no. 184a.

Very rare; Deutsch lists only four specimens (including this coin, no. 3). Nice patina, reverse struck off-centre, good very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 241.

The rev. legend 'Jerusalem the holy' firmly emphasises Jerusalem’s primacy over Caesarea, the praefecti’s seat of office; cf. Kasher 1990, 225.