ISRAEL 

KM 36.1

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
1/2 lirah 24.5 6.8   Milled Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse
The coat of arms of Israel (seven-branch candelabrum - "Menora"). "Israel" in Hebrew, Arabic and English. Origin of motif: relief of the Arch of Titus.

The Arch of Titus is a Pentelic marble triumphal arch with a single arched opening, located on the Via Sacra just to the south-east of the Forum in Rome.

 

The denomination "1/2 Israeli Pound" and the year of minting in Hebrew. (JE5738 = AD1978).