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First Jewish Revolt coinage was issued by the Jews after the Zealots captured Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple from the Romans in 66 CE at the beginning of the First Jewish Revolt. The Jewish leaders of the revolt minted their own coins to emphasize their newly obtained independence from Rome .
Judaea Capta coins (also spelled Judea Capta, and, on many of the coins, IVDAEA CAPTA) were a series of commemorative coins originally issued by the Roman Emperor Vespasian to celebrate the capture of Judaea and the destruction of the Second Jewish Temple by his son Titus in AD 70 during the First Jewish Revolt. There are several variants of ...
Wolf Wirgin, writing in 1959, suggested that the coins were instead minted by King Herod Agrippa [6] Alice Muehsam, writing in 1966, suggested that those coins with dates such as "Year 1" were actually First Jewish Revolt coinage. [7] In 1960 though a Cave of Letters was uncovered hosting Roman written documents of the Bar Kochba revolt ...
Until 1951, Bar Kokhba Revolt coinage was the sole archaeological evidence for dating the revolt. [9] These coins include references to "Year One of the redemption of Israel", "Year Two of the freedom of Israel", and "For the freedom of Jerusalem". Despite the reference to Jerusalem, as of early 2000s, archaeological finds, and the lack of ...
Jewish–Roman wars. Diaspora Revolt (115–117 CE) Kitos War; Bar Kokhba revolt (132–136 CE) Later Jewish and Samaritan revolts. Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus (352) Samaritan revolts (484–572) Jewish revolt against Heraclius (614-617/625) Related topics. First Jewish Revolt coinage; History of the Jews in Italy; History of the ...
A coin issued by Nerva reads fisci Judaici calumnia sublata, "abolition of malicious prosecution in connection with the Jewish tax" [1]. The fiscus Iudaicus or fiscus Judaicus (Latin for 'Jewish tax') was a tax imposed on Jews in the Roman Empire after the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple in AD 70.
This Jewish holiday, also known as the festival of lights, celebrates the Maccabean revolt against the Syrian-Greek army. The Maccabees, an army of Jewish rebels, conquered the Syrian-Greeks who ...
A coin issued by the rebels in 68, note Paleo-Hebrew alphabet. [10] Obverse: "Shekel, Israel.Year 3." Reverse: "Jerusalem the Holy". According to Cecil Roth, the new government began almost immediately to mint silver coins which, although they were "not distinguished either in design or execution," were of symbolic importance in the struggle for independence both because they were devoid of ...