Many coins were struck in the city, mainly by the Jewish authorities, from the end of the Persian period and Ptolemaic rule until the Jewish War against Rome.

The coins of Bar-Kokhba, although not struck in the city itself, were dedicated to Jerusalem by their inscriptions and symbols. Even after Jerusalem ceased to be the capital of Israel it continued to serve as a mint: coins were struck during the Roman period, when the city was called Aelia Capitolina, and later, at the end of the Byzantine period, and during the early Arabic and Crusader periods

Minting in Jerusalem continued intermittently for some 1600 years, from circa 380 BCE to circa 1200 CE. During this long period the name of Jerusalem was changed several times, each time using the current language. In modern times, after a long cessation, minting was resumed by the State of Israel, which issued its first coins in 1948.

The City of Jerusalem appears on ancient coins in many languages;
Ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, Latin,Greek, and Arabic.

YHD (Yehuda; Aramic,
Ancient Hebrew) c. 350 BCE

Yerushalayim (Hebrew) 68 CE

Zion (Hebrew) 69 CE

Aelia Capitolina (Latin) 130 CE

Iliya (Arabic)
660-680 CE

Jerusalem (Latin) 1163-1174

City of the Cross (Latin) 1187