Yehud (YHD) Athena & Owl silver Gerah (Ma’ah)

Yehud (YHD) Athena & Owl silver Gerah (Ma’ah)

Issued By: Uncertain Persian King of Achaemenid Empire Date: ca. 350 BCE Mint: Yehud Medinata Province, (Jerusalem area) Denomin.: Silver Gerah (AKA: Ma’ah) Obverse: Head of Athena, wearing helmet  Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, small lily behind; Aramaic ‘YHD’ in right…
Yehud (YHD) lily flower silver Half-Gerah (Half-Ma’ah)

Yehud (YHD) lily flower silver Half-Gerah (Half-Ma’ah)

Issued By: Uncertain Persian King of Achaemenid Empire. Date: ca. 350-340 BCE Mint: Yehud Medinata Province, (Jersualem area). Denomination: Silver one-half Gerah (AKA: one-half Ma’ah). Obverse: Lily flower with three petals. Reverse: Falcon, wings spread, head…
Hacksilver One-Quarter Shekel (5-Gerahs)

Hacksilver One-Quarter Shekel (5-Gerahs)

Date: 8th – 6th Century BCE. Mint: Judaea – Ancient Near East Levant. Denomination: Silver Ingot Hacksilver Quarter-Shekel (5-Gerahs). Obverse: No intended design; not struck with die. Reverse: No intended…
Darius I the Great – Xerxes I one-fourth siglos

King Darius, Persian Achaemenid Empire

Issued By: Darius I the Great (through Xerxes I), Persian Achaemenid Empire. Date: ca. 505-480 BCE. Mint: Uncertain Persian mint, though most likely Lydia in Asia Minor. Denomination: Silver, one-fourth…
King Cyrus, Croeseid/Achaemenid Empire

King Cyrus, Croeseid/Achaemenid Empire

This particular coin is considered a Croeseid, named after the Lydian King Croesus who reigned circa 560-547 B.C. He possessed such excessive fortune that the phrase “as rich as Croesus” came into use as a reference to a person with extreme wealth. This comparison “remained proverbial beyond classical antiquity”.