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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Judean & Biblical Coins| > |Biblical Coins| > |30 Pieces of Silver| > SL74044
Judas' 30 Pieces of Silver, Tyre KP Type Shekel, Jerusalem or Tyre Mint, 41 - 42 A.D.
|30| |Pieces| |of| |Silver|, |Judas'| |30| |Pieces| |of| |Silver,| |Tyre| |KP| |Type| |Shekel,| |Jerusalem| |or| |Tyre| |Mint,| |41| |-| |42| |A.D.|, Judas' 30 Pieces of Silver
"Then one of the 12, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, 'What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?' And they covenanted with him for 30 pieces of silver." Matthew 26:14-15. Shekels of Tyre were the only currency accepted at the Jerusalem Temple and are the most likely coinage with which Judas was paid for the betrayal of Christ.

The Temple Tax Coin
"..go to the sea and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou has opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them [the temple tax collectors] for me and thee." Since the tax was one half shekel per man the coin would have to be a shekel to pay the tax for both Jesus and Peter. Matthew 17:24-27
SL74044. Silver shekel, BMC Phoenicia p. 241, 124, NGC VG, strike 4/5, surface 3/5, after 19 B.C. (4166159-008), Tyre or Jerusalem mint, weight 13.38g, maximum diameter 22.7mm, 4 - 5 A.D.(?); obverse laureate head of Melqart right, lion's skin knotted around neck; reverse TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY (of Tyre the holy and inviolable), eagle standing left, right talon on war galley ram, palm frond under wing, date PΛ (?, year 130, uncertain, a bit obscure) over club left, KP and monogram right, Phoenician letter between legs; SOLD










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