This shekel of Tyre was made in Jerusalem in 3 or 4 A.D.
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Shekel ou didrachme en électrum - c. 290-270 AC.
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ISRAEL 1 SHEKEL 1981-85
KM 111 Modern Israel 1 Shekel Historical Motif Depicting Omer Cup ...
Phoenicia, Byblos AR Dishekel or Stater. King Azbaal (also known as Uzzibaal). ca 350-333 BC.
Shekel of Tyre
The "tribute penny" is considered to be a denarius of Tiberius, the Roman emperor of the time. The "widow's mite" is the smallest bronze coin in circulation, the lepton.
shekel, sheqel: Shekel is a silver coin of ancient Judea of various weights; sheqel is modern Israeli denomination; plural: sheqalim.
Shekel Coin of ancient Judaea, Phoenicia and modern Israel.
Siglos Silver coin of ancient Persian empire.
Stater Principal and standardized gold or silver coin of ancient Greeks and Celts.
Shekel
An ancient Judaean unit of weight, later applied to a silver coin equivalent to the Greek tetradrachm. The monetary unit of the modern state of Israel is the sheqel, named after this ancient unit.
Shekels of Tyre - the Biblical 'Thirty Pieces of Silver'
JB607. Phoenicia, Tyre, after 126 BC, AR Half Shekel (7.10g). Melqart head rt./Eagle left on prow, Date PME = year 145, AD19/20 (lifetime of Christ).
Shekel of Tyre, prototype 60/59 BC
29-28 mm (full-size). 11:30. 12.50 grams (originals weigh about 14-14.5 grams).
A coin of wonderful style. Look at that laurel wreath! ...
Shekel - Also shequel. A paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Israel, equal to 100 agoroti; it replaced the pound in 1980.
the shekel referred to a specific volume of barley in ancient Babylon
cowries were used as a money in ancient China and throughout the South Pacific.
salt was used as a currency in pre-coinage societies in Europe.
The shekel, a well-known biblical coin, is now a rarity, those struck during the second revolt of the Jews under Simon Barcochba being perhaps slightly commoner than those of the first revolt.
Tyre shekel dated 96/95 BCE (left) and half shekel dated 90/89 BCE from the group that recently appeared on the market.
AR ½ shekel, 108.7 grs.
These usually bear Aramaic letters, such as עב, בע, בם, the meaning of which is not certain. To the same class belong 1/16 and 1/64 shekels, rev.
AR 2 shekels, 422.5 grs.
Id.
Incuse square. King shooting; in field, heads of goat and Hes, incuse.
Phoenicia Shekel
It was the Bible that made this coin indelible in the mind of the devout.
Head of Melquarth right/Eagle standing left on prow, club and monogram to left, date to right. H-917, BMC-168. VF/EF. A superior example of The Shekel of Tyre, 30 pieces of silver Biblical coin. Struck on a large flan (28-29mm). Very nice. $475 ...
We run into the same problems when considering the "shekels" of Tyre that were accepted as dues to the temple. As a unit of weight the shekel tallied six to eight grams.
7g coin of King Adramelek of Byblos (Gebal) was a 1/8 shekel bears a complete legend in Phoenician. Catalogs list the types as a galley sailing above a hippocamp on the obverse and a lion attacking a bull on the reverse.
Zeugitana-Carthage, EL Shekel-Didrachm, c.310-290 BC
(No legend)
Head of Tanit left, wearing necklace with multiple pendants and triple-pendent earring, hair wreathed in grain, pellet before neck
(No legend) ...
City of Tyre, didrachm (or 1/2 shekel). S-5921 variety. Obverse: bust of Melqart right. Reverse: Eagle standing left, with a monogram of Greek letters to the right and the date mark "PA" (year 101 = 27/6 BC) to the left. 6.4 grams, 19 mm.
AR dishekel (octodrachm), 24.99 gm.
Obv.: War galley w/ 15 oarsman left; Star above stern.
- (.uk) Shekel
The New Israeli sheqel (abbr. NIS or ₪; also spelled Shekel; pl. sheqalim or shekalim) is the currency of Israel. The ISO 4217 code for the NIS is ILS. The NIS is divided into 100 agorot (sing. agora).
No, not the Bible, though the Bible has plenty to say about money--shekels, talents, Prodigal Son, render unto Caesar. You want to buy Caesar coins, or shekels, or Biblical coins and you wonder if the Yellow Pages will help you.
Includes 3 Replica Coins (Widow's Mite, Half Shekel & Tribute Coin) and a 19 page booklet. Reading Ages: 9 and up Hardcover, 2004, Appx 5.3"x10"
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Money of the Bible by Kenneth Bressett ...
Phoenicia/Tyre. ca 80BC didrachm (half shekel)
Obverse:
Laureate head of Melqarth right ...
Abraham weighs 400 shekels of silver to pay for his wife's burial. This is the same Abraham all three major religions of the world express as a link to the God in which they believe. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all refer to the "God of Abraham.
Nowadays we use the word "talent" to qualify a person that has worth, like the coin in Babylon. In the same manner the coin "shekel" used by the Hebrews and adopted later by the Phoenicians and other Semitic peoples, was originally a weight unit.
 See also: Coin, Silver, Ancient, Revers, Coinage
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