Watch List notes:

ISRAEL. 1948-pres. AV Medal (27mm, 15.03 g, 12h). Ten Years of Independence. Dated 1948 and 1958. IVDAEA CAPTA, Judaea seated right under palm tree in mourning, male captive standing right with hands bound behind back, arms around; SC in exergue; all within circle; chains and Hebrew legend in margins / ISRAEL LIBERATA, palm tree; to left, female figure standing right, holding sheaves of wheat; to right, male figure standing left, holding adz; Hebrew legend in exergue; all within circle; Hebrew legend and stars in margins. Edge: ISRAEL GOVERNMENT APPROVED ISSUE 1948-1958. Proof-like surfaces, a few faint marks. UNC.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection, purchased from Münzhandlung Ritter.

The obverse type is derived from the 'Judaea Capta' sestertii of Vespasian.