The famous silver tetradrachms (‘shekels’) of this series have achieved notoriety as the most likely coinage with which Judas was paid his ‘thirty pieces of silver’ for the betrayal of Christ. This type of coin would also have been the type of coin that the “money changers” at th...
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Biblical Coins –The widow's mite, mentioned in Mark 12:41-44, is probably the most familiar coin of the bible, however several other coins are also mentioned in the Bible including the drachm, denarius, and shekel. When holding one of these ancient biblical coins, one might wonder, "...
Coins of Viminacium featured the province of Moesia between the bull and the lion which were the emblems of the legions stationed there. or similar coins ofDacia Ancient Roman coins depicting the battle scene where the Roman legionary soldier spears the downed soldier on a horse. ...
collectors and historians. Numismatists are drawn to these coins not only for their aesthetic beauty but also for the historical and cultural stories they tell. The study of Sikyon Staters extends beyond their intrinsic value; it encompasses the broader history and evolution of coinage in ancient ...
If a doctor heals a free man's broken limb and has healed a sprained tendon, the patient is to pay the doctor five shekels of silver. If it is the son of a nobleman, he will give him three shekels of silver. If the physician has healed a man's eye of a severe wound by employ...
shekel of silver, emerged in this period as a general standard of value, and this in spite of the fact that coinage had not yet been invented. Englund has sketched out each step in the abstraction of value in a number of important papers; I will outline just a couple of these steps ...
Speak to my lord, thus [says] Mukannišum: “The four minas of gold [ca. 2 kg] for the two sun-disks that my lord has sent to me have been powdered. I have taken four shekels [ca. 33.3 g] for each of the four ingots[?], and I purified it in order to determine the fine...
If a man commits a kidnapping, he is to be imprisoned and pay 15 shekels of silver.’ 5. The Law of Proportional Equality Aristotle According to Aristotle, being a good man is not the same as being a good citizen. The difference being the degree of compliance to the prevalent law....