Description:
Obverse
Four-stringed lyre; "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic.
The design is based off of a coin from the Bar-Kochba Revolt (132-135CE).
Reverse
The denomination "5 Pruta" and the date in Hebrew; two stylized olive branches around the rim.
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