ur volumes that includes plants of medicinal interest from several European nations. Seen here is the Punicus or pomegranate.

Punicus illustration from The Medizinal-Pflanzen, written by F. E. (Franz Eugen) Kšhler, published in 1887. It is one illustration from a set of four volumes that includes plants of medicinal interest from several European nations. Seen here is the Punicus or pomegranate.

The silver shekel of Jerusalem, in circulation from 143 to 135 BCE, was decorated with three pomegranates. A similar design which included a branch of three pomegranates adorned the silver shekels that were minted in Jerusalem during the Jewish Great Revolt against Rome, which took place from 66 to 70AD.