Archaeologists Find a Coin in Jerusalem Commemorating the Revolt against Rome https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2016/12/archaeologists-find-a-coin-in-jerusalem-commemorating-the-revolt-against-rome/

December 14, 2016 | Herb Keinon
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After the repression of the Great Revolt and the destruction of the Second Temple, the Roman emperor Vespasian issued coins reading “Judea has been captured.” But before that, Jews were minting coins bearing the inscription, “Freedom of Zion.” Herb Keinon writes:

[Israel’s] culture minister Miri Regev unveiled the coin at Sunday’s cabinet meeting as part of a presentation she gave about preparations for next year’s celebration of 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem. The coin was uncovered during an excavation about a month ago of a recently discovered road in Jerusalem. . . .

The ancient coin was one of a series minted during the Jewish revolt against the Romans. The flip-side of the coin bears the inscription, “The second year of the Great Revolt,” which dates it to 67 CE.

“Exactly 1,900 years later, in 1967, the paratroopers entered Jerusalem’s Old City and renewed its freedom, and ours,” Regev said.

Read more on Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Free-Zion-coin-minted-1967-years-ago-unveiled-475062