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  2. Shekel - Wikipedia

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    The same coin possesses a silver content of 6.87 grams. [15] According to the Jewish historian Josephus , the annual monetary tribute of the half-Shekel to the Temple at Jerusalem was equivalent to two Athenian drachmæ , each Athenian or Attic drachma weighing a little over 4.3 grams.

  3. Yehud coinage - Wikipedia

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    Reverse of a Yehud coin from the Persian era, with lily (symbol of Jerusalem) [1] Obverse of a Judean silver Yehud coin from the Persian era (0.58 gram), with falcon or eagle and Aramaic inscription YHD . Denomination is a Ma'ah. The Yehud coinage is a series of small silver coins bearing the Aramaic inscription Yehud. [2]

  4. First Jewish Revolt coinage - Wikipedia

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    The newly minted silver coins included shekels, half-shekels, and quarter-shekels, each being labelled with the year of minting and their denomination. [ 2 ] and depict a chalice on the obverse with the year of the revolt above, surrounded by the ancient Hebrew inscription "Shekel of Israel".

  5. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    "Dinar" (pl. Dinarim) - a Roman silver coin (Denarius (pl. denarii, (Hebrew Zuz, pl. zuzim) - 4.26 grams (0.137 ozt) In Hebrew, a silver Dinar was called a "Zuz" to avoid confusion with the gold Dinar. "Shekel" (pl. shkalim) - a Jewish silver coin (Shekel, (Hebrew שקל) - 14 g; Moses instituted it as the standard coinage. From 8.39 to 15.86 ...

  6. Bar Kokhba revolt coinage - Wikipedia

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    Bar Kokhba silver Shekel/tetradrachm. Obverse: the Jewish Temple facade with the rising star, surrounded by "Shimon". Reverse: A lulav, the text reads: "to the freedom of Jerusalem". Bar Kokhba silver Zuz/Denarius, Undated, but attributed to year 3 (134-135 CE). Obverse: the Grape bunch on vine, surrounded by the name “Shim‘on” in paleo ...

  7. Tyrian shekel - Wikipedia

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    The coins were the size of a modern Israeli half-shekel and were issued by Tyre, in that form, between 126 BC and AD 56. Earlier Tyrian coins with the value of a tetradrachm, bearing various inscriptions and images, had been issued from the second half of the fifth century BC.

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