Masada Prutah of The First Jewish Revolt Set in Sterling Silver & 18K Gold Money Clip

MASADA PRUTAH OF THE FIRST JEWISH REVOLT SET IN
STERLING SILVER MONEY CLIP
First Jewish Revolt (66-70 CE)
Year 2 (67-68 CE)
Obverse: Two-handled amphora with broad rim. Hebrew inscription “Year Two”.
Reverse: Vine leaf on branch. Hebrew inscription: “The Freedom on Zion.”
Bezel Diameter: 16.4 mm
Weight: 35.6 grams
Size: 23.7 x 65.8 mm

Masada was Herod’s royal citadel and later became the last stronghold of the Zealots during the Jewish Revolt. The
citadel was a site of the most dramatic and symbolic act in Jewish history, where rebels chose mass
suicide rather than submit to Roman capture. Great Revolt, or Jewish War (66-73 CE) - the massive
revolt of Jews against the Roman tyranny. Emperor Vespasian suppressed the revolt in Galilee, and his
son Titus captured Jerusalem and destroyed the Second Temple in 70 CE. These coins are called Masada
coins because it was there that a large hoard of this type of coin was found during archaeological
excavation.
A Prutah is a Hebrew word that appears in the Mishna and Talmud (between the 1st century BCE and 5th century CE). A loaf of bread was worth about 10 prutot (plural). One Prutah was made up of two lepta, which was the smallest denomination minted under the Jewish kings. The Lepton (singular) is called in the King James version of the Bible - Mite. The Prutah was the most commonly minted coin of
the Jewish Kings and Roman Jewish Coinage.