Lot 1701
New Testament Coinage. Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos VII Euergetes. 138-129 BC. Silver Didrachm (6.64 g). Tyre, SE 183 (130/29 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Antiochos VII right; c/m: PIH within square incuse. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ [ANTIOΧOY], eagle standing left on prow, palm branch over far wing; to left, monogram above club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, monogram above date (ΓΠP); between legs, monogram. SC 2110.11b; HGC 9, 1077. Fine scratches are noted on the hoast coin. Very Fine. Estimate Value $500 - 600
From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.
This Tyre AR didrachm, of half-shekel weight coupled with the PIH counter-mark, is suggestive of its use as satisfying the Jerusalem Temple tribute tax during the early Herodian period when these issues freely circulated. Every Jewish male over the age of twenty was obliged to pay the half-shekel tribute. (Exodus 30: 11-16; Mishna Shekalim 2,4).
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