{"id":278681,"date":"2022-11-28T21:01:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T10:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/?p=278681"},"modified":"2023-04-29T09:23:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T23:23:07","slug":"oldest-coins-of-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/%d8%a3%d9%82%d8%af%d9%85-%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%83%d9%88%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%af%d8%b3\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldest coins of Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/%d8%a3%d9%82%d8%af%d9%85-%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%83%d9%88%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%af%d8%b3\/#%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%9F\" >What are the oldest coins of Jerusalem?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/%d8%a3%d9%82%d8%af%d9%85-%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%83%d9%88%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%af%d8%b3\/#%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF\" >The design is unique<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%9F\"><\/span>What are the oldest coins of Jerusalem?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">One of the oldest coins <a href=\"https:\/\/ar.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerusalem<\/a> If it isn&#039;t the oldest of all<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Silver drachmas struck at the beginning of the 4th century BC<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(We can also call the category \u201cquarter shekel\u201d according to the Phoenician standard)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<h3 dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF\"><\/span>The design is unique<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On the front we see a female frontal depiction that represents a strange blend between the Egyptian goddess Hathor and the Greek Medusa. The shape of the face and hairstyle are close to the depiction of Hathor if we exclude the ears, but at the same time we notice the ends of the hair in the shape of a snake&#039;s head, and this refers to Medusa. On the back we see a depiction of a lion devouring a bull, and this is a scene in which the Persian influences are evident, which in turn were influenced by the depiction of the lion and the bull on the coins of Asia Minor. We also notice at the top of the depiction three letters written in the late Aramaic script, which correspond to the three Arabic letters (Y-H-D) from right to left, and they symbolize the name of the province of Judah or Yehudiya, which at that time belonged to the Achaemenid Empire.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">This edition is extremely rare.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The piece pictured is on display at the Jerusalem Museum<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-278682 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pub-8c6367eeb78947fb9a67f9647334fc7f.r2.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/317397431_820261135724894_5956216997747499338_n.jpg\" alt=\"Jerusalem coins\" width=\"380\" height=\"187\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For more similar topics on the Arab Collector website, you can click on <a href=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/the-emperor-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Link<\/a> the next<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"AmGvXeuJEpVU3r9nP2cQzY1La8HZk7NoIxyFwOgljbKMW6d50tfDTSRCs4Bq\"><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wERYRELHVc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/en\/the-emperor-god\/\">The Emperor God<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cThe God Emperor\u201d \u2014 The Arab Collector\" src=\"https:\/\/arabcollector.com\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b7%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%84%d9%87\/embed\/#?secret=p4zKNPp9gK#?secret=wERYRELHVc\" data-secret=\"wERYRELHVc\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the oldest coins of Jerusalem? One of the oldest coins of Jerusalem, if not the oldest of all, is a silver drachma minted at the beginning of the 4th century BC (we can also call the denomination a &quot;quarter shekel&quot; according to the Phoenician standard). The design is unique; on the obverse, we see a female frontal image representing a strange fusion between the Egyptian goddess Hathor and the Greek Medusa. 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