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  2. Bar Kokhba revolt coinage - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. First Jewish Revolt coinage - Wikipedia

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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 .

  4. Shekel - Wikipedia

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    The First Jewish Revolt coinage was issued from AD 66 to 70 amid the First Jewish–Roman War as a means of emphasizing the independence of Judea from Roman rule and replacing the Tyrian shekel with its image of a foreign god which had previously been minted to pay the temple tax. [17]

  5. Zuz (Jewish coin) - Wikipedia

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    A Zuz (Hebrew: זוז; plural זוזים zuzim) was an ancient Jewish silver coin struck during the Bar Kokhba revolt as well as a Jewish name for the various types of non-Jewish small silver coinage, used before and after the period of the revolt. [1]

  6. Judaea Capta coinage - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Tyrian shekel - Wikipedia

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    They were replaced by First Jewish Revolt coinage in 66 AD. The Tyrian shekels were considered tetradrachms by the Greeks, as they weighed four Athenian drachmas , about 14 grams [ citation needed ] , more than earlier 11-gram shekels but regarded as equivalent for religious duties at that time.

  8. Ancient coins unearthed in desert cave could point to ...

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    An ancient treasure trove of silver coins found in a desert cave in Israel could add new evidence to support the Hanukkah story of the Maccabean revolt.

  9. List of historical currencies - Wikipedia

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    5-sol French coin and silver coins – New France; Spanish-American coins- unofficial; Playing cards – 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France; 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire – early 17th century New France; Gold Louis – 1720 New France; Sol and Double Sol 1738–1764; English coins early 19th century