Coins from Masada, 67-68 CE

A shekel and half-shekel after cleaning

Top- two faces of a shekel of year 2 with the inscriptions “Jerusalem the Holy” (above) and “Shekel of Israel (below).

Bottom- two faces of a half-shekel of year 3 with the inscription “Jerusalem the Holy” (above) and “Half a shekel” (below).

Yadin, Yigael, Masada, 1968.