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...and another shot of the Carthaginian crusherLooks a lot like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, doesn't it?
YUM!
ZEUGITANA, Carthage. 15 shekel.
AE45, 95.4g
circa 200 BC
Obverse: head of Tanit
Reverse: horse standing right, left foreleg up; above, radiate disc flanked by uraei
I don't have a reference book and the only other picture of one I've found is on the magnagraecia.nl site. Their list indicates four specimens known to them. Don't know if this is one of the four. TIF
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02. Persian Empire: Province of Cilicia: City of Tarsos.Double shekel, ca. 351 BC.
Obverse: Baal of Tarsos seated, holding eagle, ear of wheat, bunch of grapes, and sceptre.
Reverse: Lion attacking bull.
10.51 gm., 24 mm.
S. #5650; series V in Myriandros Katisson (E.T. Newell).Callimachus
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030 Zeugitana, Carthage, 310-290 BCElectrum shekel-didrachm, 18.5mm, 7.43g, nice VF
Head of Tanit left, wreathed with corn; she wears necklace and triple-drop earring; dot before neck / Horse standing right on exergal line; three pellets under exergual line.
Certificate of Authenticity by David R. Sear, ACCS
Ex: Apollo Numismatics
Jenkins V, 282-2; Müller p. 84, 52Lawrence W
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1 shekel Hematite Babylonian/Syrian weightSphendonoid flat base
24mm/9mm
8.3 g
Hendin; 23
wileyc
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1 Shekel Hematite weight1 Shekel Hematite weight
Sphendonoid Hematite weight
25mm by 10mm by 5 mm
8.15g
Hendin; 23, 24.
Sphendonoid weights have been found in Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Egypt, Syria, and Phoenicia as well as ship wrecks from the 14th/13th centuries BC.wileyc
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1/10 Shekel Hematite weightSphendonoid Hematite weight
25mm
.87g
Hendin; 51.
Sphendonoid weights have been found in Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Egypt, Syria, and Phoenicia as well as ship wrecks from the 14th/13th centuries BC. wileyc
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1/12 Shekel, Hippocamp/ OwlPhoenicia, Tyre, c. 332-275 BC, 1/12 Shekel, 0.66g. SG-5916, BM-43. Obv: Hippocamp l. Rx: Owl stg. l., crook and flail under wing. Ex John Twente Animal Collection, purchased from Amphora, 1/26/79. VF; area of weak strike. Ex Twente & H.J.BerkPodiceps
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1/2 shekel Hematite sphendonoid 20mm by 7mm base
4.22g
Hematite weight
Babylonian style
Hendin 31-37
wileyc
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2/5 Shekel Hematite weight
Sphendonoid Hematite weight
12mm tall by 9mm base
3.4g
Hendin; 38, 39
Sphendonoid weights have been found in Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Egypt, Syria, and Phoenicia as well as ship wrecks from the 14th/13th centuries BC.wileyc
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3/4 Shekel Hematite weightSphendonoid Hematite weight
20mm by 10mm by 6mm at end
5.88g
Hendin; 29.
Sphendonoid weights have been found in Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Egypt, Syria, and Phoenicia as well as ship wrecks from the 14th/13th centuries BC.wileyc
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Achaemenid Empire siglosSilver siglos (Carradice type IIIb A/B, Near Very Fine, 16.7mm, 5.54 g), Xerxes I - Darius II, 480–420 BCE
The word siglos is Greek for "shekel" (sigle in Persian/Babylonian), that is, this coin is an Achaemenid Empire (Persian) shekel. Its weight is approximately half of the shekel that was used during the first Bet HaMikdash (~11.3 g).
Therefore, Haman concluded: “If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed, and I will weigh out ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries” (Esther 3:9). Reish Lakish said: It is revealed and known in advance to the One Who spoke and the world came into being, that in the future Haman was going to weigh out shekels against the Jewish people; therefore, He arranged that the Jewish people’s shekels that were given to the Temple preceded Haman’s shekels.
(Tractate Megillah, 13b)
Yoel S
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Addirmilk and Aynel - AR 1/16 shekelByblos
c. 348-332 BC
galley with two soldiers left, below hippocamp left
lion bringing down a bull left
'Ayin yodh nun 'aleph lamedh mem lamedh kaph gimel beth lamedh
Betlyon 21; SNG Copenhagen 134
0,6g 9mm
ex Oslo MyntgalleriJ. B.
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Akragas, Sicily213-211 BC (Punic Occupation)
AR 1/4 Shekel (14mm, 2.11g)
O: Head of Triptolemus right, wreathed in corn.
R: Horse galloping right; Punic letters 'ht' below.
SNG Cop 379; HGC 2, 174; Burnett, Enna 151; de Luynes 3965; Weber 8540; Walker Group II, 1st Series
ex Tom Cederlind
One of the leading centers of Greek influence in the west during the 6th and 5th centuries BC, Akragas was sacked by Carthage in 406. Conquered by Rome in 262 and retaken by Carthgage 8 years later, the city never again regained its' former status. Akragas suffered greatly during the Second Punic War (218-201), with this coin being struck just before the city fell to Rome once again in 210.
Although renamed Agrigentum, its' culture remained essentially Greek for another few hundred years until Rome granted the inhabitants citizenship after Julius Caesar's death in 44 BC.
This coin was struck on the Carthaginian standard and of debased silver.Enodia
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Alexander the Great AR Tetradrachm 325-320 BCOBVERSE: Head of Herakles clad in the skin of the Nemean lion
REVERSE: Zeus Aeotophoros enthroned left, ALEXANDROY in right field, Cornucopia in left field.
This classic type was probably minted at Amphipolis in Macedon at or near the end of Alexander's brief reign (333-323BC). The lion was the symbol of Persia and the obverse likely represents his conquest of that Empire. The Figure of Zeus enthroned is almost the same as that of Baal on the silver shekels of the Persian satraps. The significance of the conquest of the East by Greeks was not lost on Alexander or his contemporaries
Price 104 (ref.Wildwinds) Weight 17.1 gmdaverino
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Ancient imitation: Phoenicia, Tyre, Ca. 390-377 B.C. ShekelAncient imitation: Phoenicia, Tyre, Ca. 390-377 B.C. Shekel. Melkart riding hippocamp right / Owl standing right, crook and flail over wing. Ex Sayles & LavenderPodiceps
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Artaxerxes II - Darius IIIPersian Empire, Lydia, Anatolia, Artaxerxes II - Darius III, c. 375 - 340 B.C., Silver siglos, 5.490 g, maximum diameter 15.1 mm, die axis 0, Carradice Type IV (late) C, 46 ff.; BMC Arabia 172 ff.; SNG Kayhan 1031; SGCV II 4683; Rosen 674; Klein 763; Carradice Price p. 77 and pl. 20, 387 ff.
Following Darius II came Artaxerxes II (called Mnemon), during whose reign Egypt revolted and relations with Greece deteriorated. His reign (dated as from 404 to 359 B.C.E.) was followed by that of his son Artaxerxes III (also called Ochus), who is credited with some 21 years of rule (358-338 B.C.E.) and is said to have been the most bloodthirsty of all the Persian rulers. His major feat was the reconquest of Egypt.
This was followed by a two-year rule for Arses and a five-year rule for Darius III (Codomannus), during whose reign Philip of Macedonia was murdered (336 B.C.E.) and was succeeded by his son Alexander. In 334 B.C.E. Alexander began his attack on the Persian Empire.
Siglos was the Greek transliteration of the Semitic denomination ""shekel"" which became a standard weight unit for silver in the Achaemenid Persian Empire after the conquest of Babylonia by Cyrus the Great in 539 B.C. Ironically, silver sigloi seem to have been struck primarily in the western part of the empire and the standard went on to influence several Greek civic and royal coinages in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. There is endless debate about whether the figure on the obverse represents the Persian Great King or an anonymous royal hero, but since the Greeks regularly referred to the parallel gold denomination as the ""daric"" it seems clear that at least some contemporaries considered it a depiction of the king. Of course, whether this is what the Persian authorities intended or an example of interpretatio Graeca must remain an open question.Nemonater
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Assortment of replica Biblical coinsI'm told that these were made in the 50's for use in Sunday schools. 7 coins encased in a slab of plastic. From smallest to largest they are as follows:
Lepton of Caponius 6 AD
Lepton of Pontius Pilate 29 AD
Herod Antipas 29 AD
Denarius of Tiberius14-37 AD
Harod the Great 37 BC
Shekel of Tyre 126 BC
Vespasian 72 AD
Quality is not as good as modern replicas but it makes a nice addition to my desk. I don't think these coins would fool anyone! :DJay GT4
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B & S. Steinhouse/Nachlass Zkainim Home For the Aged (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)AE token, 34 mm., 15.78 gr., undated (but probably minted ca. 1927).
Obv: B & S.S & N.Z. HOME FOR THE AGED, and • MONTREAL •, within border around rim, 25¢ to left and right of building in center, SOUVENIR below building.
Rev: KEEP ME and GOOD LUCK within border in upper and lower rim, “תשליכנו / לצת זקנה אל„ [Do not cast us off in our old age. (Psalm 71:9)] and DO NOT CAST US / OFF AT OUR OLD AGE, in center, between profiles of elderly man and woman facing left and right, respectively.
Ref: Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 2.
Note: The B & S. Steinhouse Old People’s Home opened in Montreal in 1923 and soon merged with the Nachlass Zkainim Home. In 1927, encouraged by the newly formed Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Montreal, the combined B & S. Steinhouse/Nachlass Zkainim Home For the Aged amalgamated with the Montreal Hebrew Sheltering Home, a/k/a Moshav Zkainim (which was founded in 1910, and then housed six residents on Evans Street). The institution raised funds for the construction of a larger building on land owned by the Montreal Sheltering Home on Esplanade Street. By 1945, the average age of new residents was over eighty, and increased medical and nursing staff were required. The institution changed its name to Maimonides Hospital and Home for the Aged to reflect this expanded role. The institution still exists, as the Maimonides Geriatric Center of McGill University.
Note: The token was issued sometime between 1923 (when B & S. Steinhouse Old People’s Home opened) and 1945 (when the amalgamated institution changed its name to Maimonides Hospital and Home for the Aged), and probably no later than 1927 (when the combined B & S. Steinhouse/Nachlass Zkainim Home For the Aged) amalgamated with the Montreal Hebrew Sheltering Home, a/k/a Moshav Zkainim). It may even have been issued in connection with the fund drive that was initiated in 1927 to build the larger building on Esplanade Street.Stkp
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Ba'Alshillem II - AR 1/16 Shekel Sidon
c. 371-370 BC
galley left, waves below
Beth
king of Persia standing right slaying erect lion with dagger
O ('ayin)
Elayi 2004 851 ff.; HGC 10 240; Betlyon 27 (Abd'astart, Straton I); BMC Phoenicia p 146, 36 (same); SNG Cop 197 ff. (same)
0,7g 9mm
ex NaumannJ. B.
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Babylonian/Syrian weight; 1/16 shekel/qedet 1/16 shekel; (0.69g=1/16 of 8.28g shekel) Hematite sphendonoid flat base, 10 by 5mm at waist.
13-14th century B.C.E
Hendin 52wileyc
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Babylonian/Syrian weight; 1/8 shekel/qedet (1.06g=1/8 shekel of 8.48g) Hematite sphendonoid ellipsoid
20mm by 4mm wide at waist
1.06g
13th-14 century B.C.E
Hendin 51
wileyc
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BCC J15 1st Revolt Year Four 69/70CEJudaean
1st Revolt 69/70CE
AE 1/8 Shekel - Jerusalem Mint
Obv: Le G A La T Tz I O N (to the
redemption of Zion) Chalice with pearled rim.
Rev:Sha Na T A R Ba H (Year 4)
Lulav flanked by etrog on either side.
18x19mm. 4.11gm. Axis:330
Hendin 670v-drome
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Bruttium, Brettii, Under Hannibal, (215-205 B.C.), AR-Quarter Shekel, SNG Cop 369, -/-//--, Free horse standing right,Bruttium, Brettii, Under Hannibal, (215-205 B.C.), AR-Quarter Shekel, SNG Cop 369, -/-//--, Free horse standing right,
avers: Head of Tanit-Demeter left, wreathed with grain, in pendant earring and necklace.
reverse: Free horse standing right.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 13,5mm, weight: 1,67g, axes: 0h,
mint: Bruttium, Brettii, date: 215-205 B.C., ref: SNG Cop 369, Robinson, NC 1964, p. 53, 3., HN Italy 2020.,
Q-001quadrans
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BRUTTIUM, Carthaginian occupation. Circa 215-205 BC. AR Half Shekel (19.5mm, 3.60 g, 3h)BRUTTIUM, Carthaginian occupation. Circa 215-205 BC. AR Half Shekel (19.5mm, 3.60 g, 3h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; solar disk above. Jenkins, Some U1; Robinson, Second p. 44, 3; CNP 44c; HN Italy 2016. Toned, minor deposits, struck with worn reverse die. Good VF.
From the Weise Collection, purchased from Atlantis Ltd., 24 October 2004.Mark R1
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Byblos (Jebail, Lebanon) - 1/8 shekel of Adramelek (IVth C. BC)Obv.:galley sailing left with two hoplites on board, beneath hippocamp left
Rev.: legend that should be "Adramelek king of Jebal", bull kneeling left attacked by lion on his back.
8-10 mmGinolerhino
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C. Cut in Antiquity: Halved AR Shekel (13 x 22mm, 4.10g), Punic Spain, Carthago Nova, 2nd Punic WarPhoto source: CNG [LINK]
Greek World (Hellenistic/Post-Classical N. Africa). Spain under Carthage, Carthago Nova AR Shekel (Halved, 13 x 22mm, 4.10g, 11h). Second Punic War issue, temp. Barcids, ca. 237-209 BCE.
Obv: Male head left (bare head of Melqart w/ features of Hannibal?); dotted border.
Rev: Horse standing right, palm tree in background; ground line, linear border.
Ref: MHC 131–65 (unlisted dies); ACIP 603.
Prov: Ex B. G. Collection, CNG EA 477 (23 Sep 2020), Lot 1 [LINK]; CNG 88 (14 Sep 2011), Lot 2 [LINK].
Notes: This coin was cut in antiquity with one strike from a narrow chisel to the obverse, then folded until the "halves" separated. Assuming uniform thickness, it represents about 61.5% of the original mass (~6.65g), leaving ~2.55g in the other "half." Coins "sectioned" in antiquity are often described as having been "cut for change," but cut coins are also found in hacksilver hoards that may not rely on currency standards at all. (Including hoards from Spain at this time; e.g., McCabe 2015 [LINK] & van Alfen et al. 2008 [LINK].)
Given the crisis in silver currency supply after Rome regained control of Spain, another interesting prospect is whether it might've been cut for "currency conversion" (i.e., from Punic Shekel to Attic Drachm or Roman Denarius, with the remaining "half" as a lightweight Victoriatus or Hemidrachm). That hypothesis is only speculation, and doesn't seem strongly supported by data from four similar specimens sold by CNG (c. 2011-3), probably part of a hoard (3.09g, 3.51g, 3.93g, and a 5.51g example prepared for sectioning into thirds). Just for fun, though, I've nicknamed this coin the "Hannibal Denarius" (the ID of the male head as Hannibal is highly controversial, to say the least, and debated for more than 50 years).Curtis JJ
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CALABRIA, Taras. Punic occupation, c. 212-209 BC. AR Reduced Nomos – Half-ShekelAR. 3.64 g. 20.00 mm.
Obv. Nude youth on horseback right, crowning horse with laurel wreath in his right hand, left hand on reins; ΚΛΗ above, ΣΗΡΑΜ−ΒΟΣ below.
Rev. Phalanthos, holding aphlaston in extended right hand, cradling trident in left arm, astride dolphin left; monogram to right, T-A-PAΣ below.
HN Italy 1078; Vlasto 971; SNG ANS 1263; SNG Cop. 948.
Exceptional coin, with wonderful old cabinet tone with a hint of iridescence. Hair-line flan-crack and minor metal flaw on reverse. Good EF.Leo
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CALABRIA, Taras. Punic occupation. Circa 212-209 BC. AR Reduced Nomos – Half-Shekel19.5mm, 3.90 g, 9h
Nude youth, crowning horse and holding filleted palm frond, riding horse right; KPITO-Σ below.
Phalanthos, cradling trident and holding Nike, who crowns him with wreath, astride dolphin left; EK monogram to left, ZΩ monogram to right.
Vlasto 978–80; HN Italy 1080. Lightly toned. Leo
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Calabria, TarentumPunic occupation half shekel
Nude youth on horseback to left, crowning horse with wreath; IΩ to right, ΣΩΓENHΣ below
Taras astride dolphin to left, holding cornucopiae and Nike who crowns him with wreath; TAPAΣ below.
Calabria, Tarentum ; Punic occupation, circa 212-209 BC
AR Reduced didrachm or Half-Shekel.
2.69g chipped otherwise VF+
Vlasto 975-7; HN Italy 1079; SNG France 2065; McGill II, 120 and Cote 591-93.
Ex-ANE
Rare!
The climax of the Carthaginian invasion of Italy was reached when Tarentum changed sides in 212 BC. The takeover of the city was a carefully planned coup by Hannibal and members of the city's democratic faction who opened the gates to Hannibal's army. The Carthaginians failed to take the citadel, but subsequent fortifications around this enemy stronghold enabled the city to remain under Punic control. Hannibal installed his own magistrates and struck coinage based on the Punic half shekel standard.Jay GT4
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Calabria, Tarentum. Time of Hannibal, c. 212-209 BC. Nomos3.98gg. (5h). Obv: Naked youth on horseback right, holding reins and carrying filleted palm; ΣΩKAN - NAΣ below. Rx: Taras astride dolphin left, holding aphlaston in extended right hand, cradling trident in left arm; eagle standing with wings spread behind; TAPAΣ below. Vlasto 984. HN Italy 1082. SNG ANS 1272. Perfectly struck; Mint State.
Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 130, 6 January 2003, lot 81.
Hannibal used the region around Tarentum and Metapontum as winter quarters during his occupation of southern Italy. He installed his own magistrates and struck coinage based on the Punic half shekel standard.Leo
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Carthage - 210 - 202 B.C.Billon Dishekel, 210 - 202 B.C., Zeugitana, Carthage, 26.2mm, 8.51g, 0°, SNG Copenhagen 190
Obv: Head of Tanit left, wreathed with barley, wearing necklace and earring.
Rev: Horse standing right, palm tree in background.Marti Vltori
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Carthage - AE Trishekel?c. 201-175 BC
head of Tanit left wearing wreath of grains
horse standing right, lifting front leg
Cf. SNG Copenhagen 409-413
15,4g 27,5mm
ex Naumann
Rare bronze emegency issue replacing silver coinage after the second punic war.J. B.
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Carthage AR Quarter Shekel CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-205 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (14mm, 1.80 g). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right. MAA 78; SNG Copenhagen 335. Good VF, find patina.TLP
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Carthage, Hispano-Carthaginian Half Shekel.Carthage. Hispano-Carthaginian. 218-209 BC. AR 1/2 Shekel (3.63 gm, 17.6, 12h) of Carthagoa Nova, Iberia. Beardless head of Hannibal (or Eshman-Apollo) left. / Horse standing right. aVF. Bt. Gables Coin, 2000. SNG Cop. 8 #296 (Zeugitania); Villaronga ACIP #604, CNH #65, MHC #166-178; De Navascues #75; Müller Afrique III p. 17 #13-14; Robinson Essays Mattingly 7(j); Sear Greek II #6571; SNG BM Spain 114-116.Anaximander
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Carthage, Second Punic War (203-201 BC)BI 1½ Shekels.
25mm, 9.18g
Obverse: Wreathed head of Tanit left
Reverse: Horse standing right, head left, with leg raised.
MAA 81; SNG Copenhagen 390-3.
Billon is debased silver, an indication of the financial stress Carthage was under towards the end of the war. This particular coin would have been minted in Carthage right around the time of the decisive battle of Zama (southwest of Carthage) where the Roman General Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal in 202 BC. Nathan P
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Carthage, Second Punic War (220-215 BC)AE Trishekel
29 mm, 18.21 g
Obverse: Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring
Reverse: Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left.
MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344.
The Second Punic War formally began when the Carthaginian general Hannibal and his army crossed the Alps in November of 218 BC and descended into Northern Italy. Battles raged on Italian soil for nearly 15 years until Hannibal and what remained of his army sailed for North Africa in the summer or fall of 203 BC. Shown above is a typical example of what would have been a lower-value coin issued by the Carthaginians in the early stages of the war.
Carthage was a Phoenician colony, and as such the Carthaginians were related to the Hebrews and the Canaanites (among others). Culturally they had much in common, including the use of the shekel as the primary unit of money. Likewise, the Carthaginians worshipped a variety of deities from the ancient Middle East. One in particular was the goddess Tanit. A Phoenician (Punic) goddess of war, Tanit was also a virgin mother goddess and a fertility symbol. Nathan P
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Carthage, Second Punic War, c. 216 - 205 B.C.
64035. Silver quarter shekel, Robinson NC 1964, p. 44, group I, 3; SNG Cop 348 -349; Alexandropoulos 78; HN Italy 2015, VF, scratches, 1.733g, 13.6mm, 45o, Carthage mint, c. 216 - 205 B.C.; obverse head of Tanit left, wreathed with grain, wearing necklace and earring, dot border; reverse horse standing right, dot border; ex Ancient Eagles;MagisterRiggs
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Carthage, Second Punic War. Circa 220-205 BC.AR 1/4 Shekel (14mm, 1.71 g, 12h)
Obverse- Head of Tanit left, wearing grain-ear wreath, single-pendant earring, and necklace with pendants.
Reverse- Horse standing right; pellet below.
MAA 78; SNG Copenhagen 337.b70
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Carthage, Tanit, HorseCarthage
1/2 Shekel, 3rd-2nd century BC
Obv: Head of Tanit left, crowned with ears of corn.
Rev.: Horse standing right, head turned left, foreleg raised, linear circle.
Billon, 5.37g, 23.3mm
Ref.: Sear 6497, SNG Cop. 396
Ex Pecunem 10, Lot 263shanxi
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Carthage, Tanit, HorseCarthage
Trishekel, circa 201-195 BC
Obv: Head of Tanit left, wearing grain wreath.
Rev.: Horse prancing right; pellet between forelegs.
AE, 19.4g, 29mm
Ref.: MAA A.105c; SNG Copenhagen 409-10 var. (pellet).
Ex Gorny&Mosch, 2017, A251, 4583
Ex Numismatik Naumann, auction 66, lot 237shanxi
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Carthage, Zeugitania, North Africa, 201 - 175 B.C.Bronze trishekel, SNG Cop 409 ff. (various symbols), Fair, 11.078g, 26.8mm, 0o, Carthage mint, 201 - 175 B.C.; obverse head of Tanit left, wreathed in grain; reverse horse striding right, Punic letter below; scarceMagisterRiggs
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Carthage. Tanit and Stallion 1.5 Shekel of Zeugitania.Carthage. Second Punic War. c. 203-201 BC. BI Tridrachm, or 1½ Shekel (9.28 gm, 26.3mm, 12h) of Zeugitania. Wreathed head of Tanit left wearing single-pendant earrings. / Collared stallion standing right, head left, right foreleg raised. VF. SNG Cop. 8 #391-393; CNP 103; MAA 81; Müller Afrique II p.98 #230; Sear Greek II #6497.Anaximander
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Carthage: AE Shekel.Second Punic War 218-201 B.C. 4.31g - 20.9mm, Axis 12h.
Obv: Wreathed head of Tanit left.
Rev: Horse standing right, head left; palmette standard in background to left, Punic gimel to right.
Ref: CNP 232d; MAA 88o; SNG Copenhagen 319.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.Christian Scarlioli
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Demetrius II Nikator AR Tetradrachm 129 BCOBV: Diademed Bust Right
REV: BASILEWS [DEMETPIOY] Eagle left on prow, Club with TYP- monogram on top (Tyre mint) to left and date I Pi P (SE 187 = 126/5 BC) in right field, I Pi P below. Other monogram between eagle's legs.
Houghton 467, Newell 156, BMC 11 (ref. Wildwinds)
wt 13.4 gm
Shekels (tetradrachmae) of Tyre were minted in almost pure silver and were the only ones acceptable for the Jerusalem temple tax. This coin has some horn silver (chlorargyrite ) deposits on it.daverino
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EB0079 Melkart / EagleTyre, PHOENICIA, AR Half-Shekel or Dridrachm.
Obverse: Laureate head of Melkart right.
Reverse: Eagle standing left; club to left, palm over KP & monogram to right.
References: -.
Diameter: 21mm, Weight: 6.701g.EB
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First Punic WarShekel - Punic - Carthage - ~ 241 BC
D. 22 mm - Wt. 4.9 gms
Obv: Head of Tanit left
Rev: Plough
RareTanit
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GG, Carthage, c. 310-290 BCElectrum shekel, 18.8mm, 7.76g, choice VF
Head of Tanit left, wreathed with corn; she wears necklace and triple earring; pellet in lower left field / Horse standing right on double exergal line; pellet in lower right field. COA
Ex: Glenn Woods
Sear 6462; Jenkins V, 249Lawrence W
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Greek Shekel of TyreShekel of Tyre; (TYPOY) in reverse
Year OH = 78 (49/48 BC)
It's one of the earlier ones that appear to have been struck in Tyre, before the Roman takeover of the region. Tanit
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GREEK, Italy, Calabria, Taras. Time of Hannibal, c. 212-209 BC. Nomos3.98g. (5h). Obv: Naked youth on horseback right, holding reins and carrying filleted palm; ΣΩKAN - NAΣ below. Rx: Taras astride dolphin left, holding aphlaston in extended right hand, cradling trident in left arm; eagle standing with wings spread behind; TAPAΣ below. Vlasto 984. HN Italy 1082. SNG ANS 1272. Perfectly struck; Mint State.
Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 130, 6 January 2003, lot 81.
Hannibal used the region around Tarentum and Metapontum as winter quarters during his occupation of southern Italy. He installed his own magistrates and struck coinage based on the Punic half shekel standard.Leo
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GREEK, Italy, Calabria, Taras. Time of Hannibal, c. 212-209 BC. Nomos3.34 gm. Magistrate Sogenes. Nude youth on horseback left, crowning horse with wreath; IΩ to right, ΣΩΓENHΣ below / Taras astride dolphin left, holding cornucopia and Nike, who crowns him with wreath. Vlasto 975-7. HN Italy 1079. Struck on a broad flan and attractively toned. Extremely Rare.
The climax of the Carthaginian invasion of Italy was reached when Tarentum changed sides in 212 BC. The takeover of the city was a carefully planned coup by Hannibal and members of the city's democratic faction who opened the gates to Hannibal's army. The Carthaginians failed to take the citadel, but subsequent fortifications around this enemy stronghold enabled the city to remain under Punic control. Hannibal installed his own magistrates and struck coinage based on the Punic half shekel standard.Leo
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GREEK, Lesbos, Koinon, Billon StaterLESBOS, Unattributed Koinon mint. Circa 510-480 BC. Billon Double Shekel – Stater (18.5mm, 11.10 g). Confronted calves’ heads; tree between / Rough incuse square. Lazzarini, Contribution, Series III; HGC 6, 1076; SNG von Aulock 1682; SNG Ashmolean 1488–91; BMC p. 154, 46–9; Dewing 2251.
CNG, Triton XVIII, lot 588.
From the RH Collection.
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GREEK, Lesbos, Koinon, Billon Stater, Double Shekel, Lazzarini series IIILESBOS, Unattributed Koinon mint. Circa 510-480 BC. Billon Double Shekel – Stater (18.5mm, 11.10 g). Confronted calves’ heads; tree between / Rough incuse square. Lazzarini, Contribution, Series III; HGC 6, 1076; SNG von Aulock 1682; SNG Ashmolean 1488–91; BMC p. 154, 46–9; Dewing 2251.
CNG, Triton XVIII, lot 588.
From the RH Collection.
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GREEK, Phoenicia, Byblos, AR Shekel, 350 - 333 B.C.Phoenicia, Byblos, King Azbaal / Ozbaal, Circa 350 – 333 BCE
AR Dishekel – 13.22 gms
Obv: War galley left with lion’s head prow ornament, zigzag row of waves below, three hoplites with round shields within; below, hippocamp left above murex shell; OZ between hippocamp & galley
Rev: Lion attacking bull to left, phoenician inscription above
Betlyon 14 var.; BMC 4; Dewing 2662; SNG Fitz 6028
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GREEK, Phoenicia, Sidon (King Strato I)1/8th Shekel, .7 gm, 10 mm, 370-350 BC, Sear (GC) 5940
Obv: War galley travelling left, propelled by row of oars; shields along bulwarks, standard at stern. I I above (regnal year 2).
Rev: Bearded diety standing right with dagger, about to slay lion which he holds erect before him. 9 O between. All within incuse square.
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GREEK, PHOENICIA, Sidon, Time of Baalshallim I-Ba'ana, c.425-402 BCPHOENICIA, Sidon, Time of Baalshallim I-Ba'ana, (c.B.C. 425-402), silver eighth shekel (0.75 g),
Obv. galley in front of three city towers, lion below.
Rev. King of Persia standing right, drawing bow, incuse head of Bes to left, incuse head of goat or ibex to right.
S.5933, Elayi & Elayi 362-448, Betlyon 9, BMC 14 [p.142].
CNG Electronic Auction 170, Aug. 8, 2007, (lot 122); Noble Sale 105 Lot 4073
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Greek, Phoenicia, Tyre, 111 - 110 B.C., Judas' 30 Pieces of Silver, Year 18SL86641. Silver shekel, BMC Phoenicia p. 237, 85; Cohen DCA 919-18 (C); Baramki AUB -, NGC Ch AU*, strike 5/5, surface 5/5 (4280576-003), Tyre mint, weight 14.20g, maximum diameter 28.0mm, die axis 0o, 109 - 108 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Melqart right, lion's skin knotted around neck; reverse TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY (of Tyre the holy and inviolable), eagle left, right foot on ship's ram, palm frond behind, date HI (year 18) over club and palm frond left, ZB right, Phoenician letter beth between legsJoe Sermarini
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Greek, Phoenicia, Tyre, 91 - 90 B.C., Half Shekel, The Temple Tax Coin, Year 37SH15316. Silver half shekel, BMC Phoenicia p. 242, 129 var. (beth between legs); Cohen DCA 919; HGC 10 358; Baramki AUB -, gVF, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 7.082g, maximum diameter 24.1mm, die axis 0o, 90 - 89 B.C.; 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, head left, wings closed, right talon on war galley ram, palm frond transverse right behind, date ZΛ (year 37) over club & palm left, Δ (control) right, Phoenician letter samekh between legsJoe Sermarini
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GREEK, Phoenicia, Tyre, AR 1/16 shekel, 450-400 BCPhoenicia, TYRE, AR 1/16 Shekel, c.450-400 BC.
Obverse: Dolphin jumping right above the waves; above, Phoenician legend; below murex.
Reverse: Owl right, holding scepter and flail, appearing in relief within the hollow contours round the image.
Ref:. SNG Cop. 294; SNG Klein 725. 0.58g. Rare
Jean Elsen auc 120 lot 94
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GREEK, Phoenicia, Tyre, AR Shekel, 88-87 B.C.PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 1h). Dated CY 39 (88/7 BC).
Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm branch over shoulder; to left, ΘΛ (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs.
BMC –; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919.
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Greek, Seleukid Kingdom, Demetrios IITetradrachm (Shekel), 13.8 gm, 26.3 mm, 129-125 BC, Sear (GC) 7105.
Obv: Anepigraphic with diademed bust, right.
Rev: Eagle standing left on galley, palm branch in background. ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ to left. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right. A over ΡE in left field and TYP on club. AE in right field and Δ Π Ρ (e.g. 128 BC). M between legs of eagle.
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GS Zeugitana, Carthage, c. 216-211 BC (Time of Hannibal)Silver quarter-shekel, 13mm, 1.84g, gVF
Head of Tanit left, wreathed with grain, wearing pendant earring and necklace / Horse stands right on exergual line
Ex: Apollo Numismatics
Jenkins pl.28, 2Lawrence W
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Hacksilber Fragment, Earliest Coinage Period, Holy LandHacksilber Ingot, c. 8-6 centuries BC, Israel. 21 x 14 x 5 mm, 8.4 grams. Cut in antiquity from a larger piece. Possibly an overweight Pym or underweight Nezef?
Similar ingots were found at Ein Gedi, Israel in a terra cotta cooking pot, hidden in a building destroyed near the end of Iron Age II, early 6th century BC (Avi-Yonah Encylcopedia of the Holy Land, volume 2, p. 374.)
The basic weight in use was the shekel, weighing 11.4 g on average. Other weight groups include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Beqa, a half shekel (Ex. 38:26), 5.7 g. (2) Nezef, averaging 9.12 g. The Judaean equivalent to an Egyptian qedet. (3) Pym, 7.6 g. (1 Samuel 13:21) The Judaean equivalent to the Phoenician shekel.
The weight of this ingot is identical to the Mesopotamian shekel. During the 9th to 6th centuries BCE in the Assyrian and Babylonian empires, the common form of expressing prices was in quantities equivalent to one shekel (8.4 g) of silver.
In ancient times, livestock were often used in barter. Indicative of this is the fact that the Latin word for money (pecunia) is drawn from pecus, meaning “cattle.” However, livestock (Ge 47:17) and foodstuffs (1Ki 5:10, 11) were obviously not a convenient medium of exchange.
Instead, pieces of precious metals began to be used, the weight being checked at the time the transaction was made.
Ge 23:16 "Abraham weighed out to E′phron the amount of silver that he had spoken in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels current with the merchants."; Jer 32:10 "Then I wrote in a deed and affixed the seal and took witnesses as I went weighing the money in the scales."
The usual Hebrew term translated as “money,” keseph, literally means “silver.” (Ge 17:12) There was no coined money in Israel during the First Temple Period (1006-586 BCE). Rather, it consisted of cut pieces of silver and gold, or molded for convenience into bars, rings, bracelets, having a specific weight. - Ge 24:22
At Judges 5:19, bâtsa‛ keseph, which is commonly rendered as, “No gain of silver did they take,” literally means to break off or cut off silver.
Nemonater
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Half Shekel of Tyre, 126 BCE - 66 CESilver didrachm of Tyre (half shekel), 20 mm, 7 grams. Dated ΡZ to Pφ (19 BCE – 64 CE)
Obverse: Laureate Bust of Melqart right
Reverse: Inscription ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ (of Tyre the holy and inviolable), eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; dated ΡZ to Pφ (19 BCE – 64 CE) on left, KP on right.
Reference: RPC 4685
Added to collection: September 16, 2005Daniel F
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Half Shekel Tyre CY 40 (87/86 BC)Tyre AR Half Shekel. Dated CY 40 = 87/6 BC.
O: Laureate bust of Melkart right
R: ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm frond behind; LM (date) above club to left, Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs.
DCA-Tyre 479; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921Nemonater
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Half Shekel Tyre Uncertain DatePHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel. Uncertain date.
O:Laureate bust of Melkart right
R: Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, illegible date above club; crude monograms to right, [Phoenician letter] between legs.
The Isfiya hoard uncovered in 1955 consisted of more than 4,000 shekels and half shekels. The coins had a full range of dates through the 50s AD (about the Tyre year 170s). About 15 percent of the coins had crude and unreadable dates. Since the hoard had almost no coins in the 20s to 30s AD (mid Tyre year 140s through the 150s), the finders made a conjecture that that's where these unreadable coins fall. All these coins with unreadable dates had a KP monogram. Mine lacks readable monograms so I cannot be sure about its period of striking. However, this coin is consistent with the coins in this group.Nemonater
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Half Shekel, Tyre LA (Year 1)6.43 g Tyre Mint 126/125 BCE
O: Head of Herakles (Melqart)
R: Eagle standing left; ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ "Of Tyre the Holy and City of Refuge." around; Date LA to left; Monogram FP to right.
- DCA Tyre Release 2 Part 2 #720, this coin
BMC Phoenicia page 250 #213 lists one Year 1 half shekel with M monogram. DCA lists this date as R3, the highest rarity rating.
Unique with with FP monogram. Glossy, dark chocolate find patina.
Demetrius II, who twice ruled the Seleucid Kingdom, was the last Greek king to strike silver coins at Tyre (though Seleucid rulers issued silver coins as late as 106 or 105 B.C. at two of Tyre’s close neighbors, Sidon to the north and Ake-Ptolemais to the south). Interestingly, the second reign of Demetrius II, from 129 to 125 B.C., ended with his execution at Tyre after March 125 — the year by which Tyre certainly had introduced its famous shekels.
Before his execution, Demetrius had issued large quantities of tetradrachms and didrachms at Tyre. At about 14 grams, his tetradrachms weighed the same as the shekels that Tyre would strike upon achieving independence from the Seleucids.
Shekels and Half Shekels of Tyre began being issued as autonomous silver coins in 126/125 BCE after gaining freedom from Seleucid domination that year. Although similar in style to the Seleucid coinage, the most obvious change was the King's bust being replaced with the city's chief god Melqart.
They have become highly desired due to their being the money of choice for payments to the Jerusalem Temple. The half shekel was the required yearly tribute to the temple for every Jewish male over the age of 20.
Ed Cohen notes in Dated Coins of Antiquity, that the minting of Tyre shekels or, more specifically, half shekels, ended at the onset of the Jewish Revolt in 65/66 and the minting of the Jewish Revolt shekels then begins. This, along with other compelling evidence, has led many, including me, to believe the later "KP" shekels were struck south of Tyre.Nemonater
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Hebrew Kindergarten & Infants Home (New York , N.Y. & Far Rockaway, Queens County, N.Y.)AE token, 32.5 mm., undated.
Obv: HEBREW KINDERGARTEN & INFANTS HOME and 35 & 37 MONTGOMERY ST. N.Y.C./CENTRAL & PLAINVIEW AVES. FAR ROCKAWAY, along toothed rim, bust of boy facing within laureate wreath in center.
Rev: HAVE A HEART/HELP THE/ORPHANS/ -- AND --/GOD WILL/HELP YOU, within laureate wreath, GOOD LUCK COIN along toothed rim, beneath.
Ref: Kaplan, Steven H.. “Great Appeal, Kindergarten Tokens Asked for Support,” The Shekel, XLIV No. 1 (January-February 2011) 49-53, Figure 3 (this token).
Note: The Hebrew Kindergarten and Day Nursery Association was established in 1905 at 29 Montgomery Street as a nursery for the care of children of working mothers. It purchased 35 and 37 Montgomery Street in 1913 for the construction of a three-story building, which was dedicated in May 1914. In November 1918, it opened a ward for children whose mothers had influenza, and also began to care for children whose mothers had died during the epidemic. By then, there had already been a fund drive in August 1918 to raise $50,000 for an orphanage at Far Rockaway, and another fund drive, to raise $100,000 for the completion of its new building. It was then known as the Hebrew Kindergarten, Day and Night Nursery. It formally changed its name to Hebrew Kindergarten & Infants Home, Inc. in August 1925, although it was apparently using that name as early as 1923. Its infant home in Far Rockaway was at the intersection of Plainview Avenue and Central Avenue/Beach 20th Street, and an address of both 310 Central Avenue and 310 Beach 20th Street. It still operates an early childhood program/day care program for ages pre-kindergarten through kindergarten on a nonsectarian basis at that location.
Note: Three different fundraising tokens were issued, all of which contain the address of the day school on Montgomery Street as well as the addresses of the orphanage on Plainview Avenue and Central Avenue, in Far Rockaway. The most common of the three tokens was apparently issued in connection with the August 1923 fund drive for the completion of that building, and this token was apparently issued at a later date in connection with a lesser fund drive.Stkp
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Hebrew Kindergarten & Infants Home (New York , N.Y. & Far Rockaway, Queens County, N.Y.)AE token, 32.5 mm., undated.
Obv: HEBREW KINDERGARTEN & INFANTS HOME and 35 & 37 MONTGOMERY ST. N.Y.C./CENTRAL & PLAINVIEW AVES. FAR ROCKAWAY, along toothed rim, bust of boy facing within laureate wreath in center.
Rev: HAVE A HEART/HELP THE/ORPHANS/ -- AND --/GOD WILL/HELP YOU, within laureate wreath, GOOD LUCK COIN along toothed rim, beneath.
Ref: Kaplan, Steven H.. “Great Appeal, Kindergarten Tokens Asked for Support,” The Shekel, XLIV No. 1 (January-February 2011) 49-53, Figure 2 (this token).
Note: The Hebrew Kindergarten and Day Nursery Association was established in 1905 at 29 Montgomery Street as a nursery for the care of children of working mothers. It purchased 35 and 37 Montgomery Street in 1913 for the construction of a three-story building, which was dedicated in May 1914. In November 1918, it opened a ward for children whose mothers had influenza, and also began to care for children whose mothers had died during the epidemic. By then, there had already been a fund drive in August 1918 to raise $50,000 for an orphanage at Far Rockaway, and another fund drive, to raise $100,000 for the completion of its new building. It was then known as the Hebrew Kindergarten, Day and Night Nursery. It formally changed its name to Hebrew Kindergarten & Infants Home, Inc. in August 1925, although it was apparently using that name as early as 1923. Its infant home in Far Rockaway was at the intersection of Plainview Avenue and Central Avenue/Beach 20th Street, and an address of both 310 Central Avenue and 310 Beach 20th Street. It still operates an early childhood program/day care program for ages pre-kindergarten through kindergarten on a nonsectarian basis at that location.
Note: Three different fundraising tokens were issued, all of which contain the address of the day school on Montgomery Street as well as the addresses of the orphanage on Plainview Avenue and Central Avenue, in Far Rockaway. The most common of the three tokens was apparently issued in connection with the August 1923 fund drive for the completion of that building, and this token was apparently issued at a later date in connection with a lesser fund drive.Stkp
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Hebrew Kindergarten & Infants Home (New York , N.Y. & Far Rockaway, Queens County, N.Y.)AE token, 32.5 mm., undated (probably ca. 1923).
Obv: HEBREW KINDERGARTEN & INFANTS HOME and 35 & 37 MONTGOMERY ST. N.Y.C./CENTRAL & PLAINVIEW AVES. FAR ROCKAWAY, along toothed rim, girl standing with outstretched arms within solid laureate wreath in center.
Rev: HAVE A HEART/HELP THE/ORPHANS/ -- AND --/GOD WILL/HELP YOU, within solid laureate wreath, GOOD LUCK COIN along toothed rim, beneath.
Ref: Kaplan, Steven H.. “Great Appeal, Kindergarten Tokens Asked for Support,” The Shekel, XLIV No. 1 (January-February 2011) 49-53, Figure 1 (this token); Meshorer, Coins Reveal 144.
Note: The Hebrew Kindergarten and Day Nursery Association was established in 1905 at 29 Montgomery Street as a nursery for the care of children of working mothers. It purchased 35 and 37 Montgomery Street in 1913 for the construction of a three-story building, which was dedicated in May 1914. In November 1918, it opened a ward for children whose mothers had influenza, and also began to care for children whose mothers had died during the epidemic. By then, there had already been a fund drive in August 1918 to raise $50,000 for an orphanage at Far Rockaway, and another fund drive, to raise $100,000 for the completion of its new building. It was then known as the Hebrew Kindergarten, Day and Night Nursery. It formally changed its name to Hebrew Kindergarten & Infants Home, Inc. in August 1925, although it was apparently using that name as early as 1923. Its infant home in Far Rockaway was at the intersection of Plainview Avenue and Central Avenue/Beach 20th Street, and an address of both 310 Central Avenue and 310 Beach 20th Street. It still operates an early childhood program/day care program for ages pre-kindergarten through kindergarten on a nonsectarian basis at that location.
Note: Three different fundraising tokens were issued, all of which contain the address of the day school on Montgomery Street as well as the addresses of the orphanage on Plainview Avenue and Central Avenue, in Far Rockaway. This is the most common of the three tokens, and apparently issued in connection with the August 1923 fund drive for the completion of that building.Stkp
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Home of Old Israel (New York, New York)AE token, 32.5 mm., undated (but probably minted in 1928).
Obv: תשליכני לצת זקנה אל [Do not cast us off in our old age. (Psalm 71:9)] and 204 HENRY ST., N.Y.C. along toothed rim, TO PITY/IS HUMAN/TO HELP/IS/GODLIKE/HOME OF/OLD ISRAEL, between busts of woman and bearded man.
Rev: HELP US BUILD OUR NEW HOME and 301-2-3 EAST BWAY., N.Y.C. along toothed rim with rosettes between, CONTRIBUTION.ONE DOLLAR, beneath building.
Ref: Meshorer, Coins Reveal 146; Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 7.
Note: Founded in 1922 by real estate developer Louis Singer as a privately-endowed non-sectarian institution providing free housing, meals, activities and care of the aged, the Home moved from Henry Street to 70 Jefferson Street on March 31, 1929. It relocated to Far Rockaway, Queens in 1965. In the early 1970s the Home merged into the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged.
Note: In 1922, the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University) was located at 301-303 East Broadway, and only moved to 186th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in 1928/1929. The Home must not have also occupied the East Broadway address, therefore, until 1928/1929. Thus, the token can be tentatively dated to 1928 (while the Home was still located at Henry Street but after it expanded into East Broadway). It was probably issued in connection with the 1928 fund drive for the Jefferson Street property.Stkp
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Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel (New York, New York)AE token, 19 x 44.5 mm. (rectangular), 11.429 gr., undated (but probably issued ca. 1935).
Obv: HOME OF SONS/AND DAUGHTERS/OF ISRAEL above building 232 E. 12 ST./NEW YORK, N.Y., below building.
Rev: BUY A BRICK/$1.00/HELP US AND/GOD/WILL/HELP YOU between busts of woman and bearded man.
Ref: Meshorer, Coins Reveal 140; Friedenberg, Jewish Minters [?] 476; Leonard, Jr., Robert D. “Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel: Its History and Contribution Tokens.” The Shekel, XXXVIII No. 6 (Nov. to Dec. 2005). pp. 14-23; Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 6; ANS Database 2000.1.261.
Note: Organized in 1909 and incorporated in 1912, the Home acquired 230 East Tenth Street in December 1914. The adjacent 232 East Tenth Street was acquired by April 1915, and in May 1919 plans for a new building, encompassing both addresses, were approved. On June 21, 1925 the Home expanded into yet a third adjacent building on East Tenth Street. On December 22, 1935, it relocated to a larger building at 232-38 East Twelfth Street, where it remained in operation until the mid-1960s.
Note: This token was issued after the acquisition of the East Twelfth Street building, in or about 1935.Stkp
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Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel (New York, New York)AE token, 32.7 mm., 10.639 gr., undated (but probably issued in 1923 or 1928).
Obv: THE GREAT DRIVE FOR A HOME FOR THE AGED and 232 E. 10 ST., along toothed rim, HELP US/BUILD above building and HOME OF THE/SONS AND DAUGHTERS/OF ISRAEL below building.
Rev: CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR along toothed rim, HELP US/AND/GOD/WILL/HELP YOU between busts of woman and bearded man.
Ref: Meshorer, Coins Reveal 147; Kenny, So-Called Dollars 229; Leonard, Jr., Robert D. “Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel: Its History and Contribution Tokens.” The Shekel, XXXVIII No. 6 (Nov. to Dec. 2005). pp. 14-23 (this token is depicted as Obverse C); Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 5; ANS Database 2000.1.511.
Note: Organized in 1909 and incorporated in 1912, the Home acquired 230 East Tenth Street in December 1914. The adjacent 232 East Tenth Street was acquired by April 1915, and in May 1919 plans for a new building, encompassing both addresses, were approved. On June 21, 1925 the Home expanded into yet a third adjacent building on East Tenth Street. On December 22, 1935, it relocated to a larger building at 232-38 East Twelfth Street, where it remained in operation until the mid-1960s.
Note: There was a $400,000 fund drive in 1923 and a $100,000 fund drive in 1928, and this token could have been issued in connection with either of those events.
Note: Leonard noted that these tokens were made in such large numbers that three obverse dies were required (the designation of obverse and reverse on these is arbitrary, and I refer to the side which Leonard termed the obverse as the reverse). The differences noted by Leonard pertain to the distance between the rim and the words CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR, the relief of the woman, especially at the shoulder, and the man’s bust. But there are also others. This token is Leonard Obverse C (described by Leonard as CONTRIBUTION/ONE DOLLAR far from rim, woman’s shoulder in low relief, man’s bust retouched).
ex Robert J. Leonard, Jr. collection.Stkp
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Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel (New York, New York)AE token, 32.7 mm., 10.639 gr., undated (but probably issued in 1923 or 1928).
Obv: THE GREAT DRIVE FOR A HOME FOR THE AGED and 232 E. 10 ST., along toothed rim, HELP US/BUILD above building and HOME OF THE/SONS AND DAUGHTERS/OF ISRAEL below building.
Rev: CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR along toothed rim, HELP US/AND/GOD/WILL/HELP YOU between busts of woman and bearded man.
Ref: Meshorer, Coins Reveal 147; Kenny, So-Called Dollars 229; Leonard, Jr., Robert D. “Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel: Its History and Contribution Tokens.” The Shekel, XXXVIII No. 6 (Nov. to Dec. 2005). pp. 14-23 (this token is depicted as Obverse B); Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 5; ANS Database 2000.1.511.
Note: Organized in 1909 and incorporated in 1912, the Home acquired 230 East Tenth Street in December 1914. The adjacent 232 East Tenth Street was acquired by April 1915, and in May 1919 plans for a new building, encompassing both addresses, were approved. On June 21, 1925 the Home expanded into yet a third adjacent building on East Tenth Street. On December 22, 1935, it relocated to a larger building at 232-38 East Twelfth Street, where it remained in operation until the mid-1960s.
Note: There was a $400,000 fund drive in 1923 and a $100,000 fund drive in 1928, and this token could have been issued in connection with either of those events.
Note: Leonard noted that these tokens were made in such large numbers that three obverse dies were required (the designation of obverse and reverse on these is arbitrary, and I refer to the side which Leonard termed the obverse as the reverse). The differences noted by Leonard pertain to the distance between the rim and the words CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR, the relief of the woman, especially at the shoulder, and the man’s bust. But there are also others. This token is Leonard Obverse B (described by Leonard as CONTRIBUTION/ONE DOLLAR near rim, woman’s shoulder in low relief).
ex Robert J. Leonard, Jr. collection.Stkp
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Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel (New York, New York)AE token, 32.7 mm., 10.639 gr., undated (but probably issued in 1923 or 1928).
Obv: THE GREAT DRIVE FOR A HOME FOR THE AGED and 232 E. 10 ST., along toothed rim, HELP US/BUILD above building and HOME OF THE/SONS AND DAUGHTERS/OF ISRAEL below building.
Rev: CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR along toothed rim, HELP US/AND/GOD/WILL/HELP YOU between busts of woman and bearded man.
Ref: Meshorer, Coins Reveal 147; Kenny, So-Called Dollars 229; Leonard, Jr., Robert D. “Home of the Sons and Daughters of Israel: Its History and Contribution Tokens.” The Shekel, XXXVIII No. 6 (Nov. to Dec. 2005). pp. 14-23 (this token is depicted as Obverse A); Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 5; ANS Database 2000.1.511.
Note: Organized in 1909 and incorporated in 1912, the Home acquired 230 East Tenth Street in December 1914. The adjacent 232 East Tenth Street was acquired by April 1915, and in May 1919 plans for a new building, encompassing both addresses, were approved. On June 21, 1925 the Home expanded into yet a third adjacent building on East Tenth Street. On December 22, 1935, it relocated to a larger building at 232-38 East Twelfth Street, where it remained in operation until the mid-1960s.
Note: There was a $400,000 fund drive in 1923 and a $100,000 fund drive in 1928, and this token could have been issued in connection with either of those events.
Note: Leonard noted that these tokens were made in such large numbers that three obverse dies were required (the designation of obverse and reverse on these is arbitrary, and I refer to the side which Leonard termed the obverse as the reverse). The differences noted by Leonard pertain to the distance between the rim and the words CONTRIBUTION and ONE DOLLAR, the relief of the woman, especially at the shoulder, and the man’s bust. But there are also others. This token is Leonard Obverse A (described by Leonard as CONTRIBUTION/ONE DOLLAR far from rim, woman in high relief).
ex Robert J. Leonard, Jr. collection.Stkp
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IBERIA, Carthago Nova, Quarter shekelStruck after 221 B.C.
The description for this coin is quite interesting, as has been discussed on this forum. Most descriptions doubt whether this was a person of importance on the coin, however, the ancient puncture holes seem to suggest a possibility that the coin may have been worn by a political supporter of this person. If this is indeed a real person of power, it could be a Barcid or even Hannibal himself.
Rev. Elephant walking r.
Weight: 1.7 g Diameter: 14 mm
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India, Taxila mint, 1/8 Satamana (1/8 Persian Shekel), MACW 4079 - 80Taxila mint, 1/8 Satamana (1/8 Persian Shekel), c. 500 - 300 B.C. (Earliest Coinage of India) AR, 15mm 1.36g, MACW 4079 - 80
O: Radiate Symbol*
R: Blank
*The obverse description from various sources is:
Six-petaled flower
Lotus flower
Septa-radiate Taxila-Gandhara symbol
Circular design composed of six tridents and a pole radiating from a central circle (Hexa-radiate symbol)
Six-armed symbol
Punch mark of sun with six radiating arms
Dynastic symbol
Gandharan six-armed symbol
These silver coins of Taxila were encountered by Alexander the Great when he conquered Taxila in 326 BC. He was paid off in them by the King of Taxila after not seeing coinage through much of central Asia in his conquests.
Taxila was a wealthy empire in central Asia that stood at the crossroads of the trade routes between Europe and Asia. It was located in modern day Pakistan.
Taxila was an ancient Buddhist seat of learning, connected across the Khunjerab pass to the Silk Road, attracting students from all over the world. It was also called Takshashila in Sanskrit in ancient India.
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Israel50 Shekel (1978) Wor:P-46aDaniel F
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Israel100 Shekel (1979) Wor:P-47aDaniel F
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Israel5 New Shekel (1987) Wor:P-52bDaniel F
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Israel10 New Shekel (1992) Wor:P-53cDaniel F
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Jewish Charities of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)AE token,33 mm., 23.185 gr., dated 1923.
Obv: THE UNITED DRIVE FOR $2.500,000.00 and 1923 around rim, IF YOU WON’T / WHO WILL in center, to sides of question mark.
Rev: אשרי משכיל and אל דל [If you won’t, who will? alluding to Hillel’s famous saying from Pirkei Avot 1:14] around rim, signature of Emil G. Hirsch in center.
Ref: Levy, Gil. “Emil G. Hirsch Contribution Medal.” The Shekel, XXX No. 2 (March to April 1997), pp. 13-15;ANS Database 2000.1.41.
Note: Dr. Emil G. Hirsch was the rabbi of Sinai Congregation in Chicago from 1880 until his death in 1923, the organizer of the Associated Jewish Charities (of Chicago) in 1900, the founder and editor of the Reform Advocate in 1891, Professor of Rabbinical Philosophy and Literature at the University of Chicago, and was involved in numerous other charitable, ecumenical and academic endeavors. He died on January 7, 1923.
Note: In 1922 the Associated Jewish Charities (of Chicago) and the Federated Jewish Charities (of Chicago) merged into the Jewish Charities of Chicago, which organization came into existence on January 1, 1923. The AJC had typically raised $1 million a year and the FJC had typically raised $250,000 a year. A Committee for $2,500,000 was launched on May 6, 1923, to raise funds for the Michael Reese Hospital, the Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Jewish People’s Institute, and the fund drive was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Hirsch. When the drive concluded on May 31, 1923, it had raised over $2,750,000.Stkp
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Jewish first war against the Romans - Year 4 Eights of a Shekel/Obv.L.C.Sulla
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Jewish first war against the Romans - Year 4 Eights of a Shekel/Rev.L.C.Sulla
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Jewish Home for Aged (Portland, Maine)AE token, 35 mm, undated.
Obv: JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGED, and • PORTLAND - MAINE •, within border around rim, 25¢ to left and right of building in center, SOUVENIR below building.
Rev: KEEP ME and GOOD LUCK within border in upper and lower rim, “תשליכנו / לצת זקנה אל„ [Do not cast us off in our old age. (Psalm 71:9)] and DO NOT CAST US / OFF AT OUR OLD AGE, in center, between profiles of elderly man and woman facing left and right, respectively.
Ref: Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 1.
Note: Founded in 1929 and based on North Street, where it remained until 1965. It continues to exist as the Cedars Nursing Care Center.Stkp
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Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)AE token, 34 mm., undated.
Obv: JEWISH OLD FOLKS HOME, and • TORONTO •, within border around rim, 25¢ to left and right of building in center, CONTRIBUTION above building, THE ONLY JEWISH HOME / FOR THE AGE / IN / ONTARIO, in four lines, below building.
Rev: KEEP ME and GOOD LUCK within border in upper and lower rim, UP / AND / YOU / WILL / HAVE, in five rows in center, between profiles of elderly man and woman facing left and right, respectively.
Ref: Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 3.
Note: Founded in 1918 when the women of the Ezras Noshem Society collected money door-to-door and opened an old age home in a semi-detached house on Cecil Street. By 1954, the building had become too crowded and the building was beyond repair. The insitution purchased a 25-acre site on Bathurst Street, in North York, Ontario, and built the Jewish Home for the Aged. The institution still exists as the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care.Stkp
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Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)Aluminum token, 34 mm., 0°, undated.
Obv: JEWISH OLD FOLKS HOME, and • TORONTO •, within border around rim, 100 to left and right of building in center, CONTRIBUTION above building, A BRICK / THE ONLY JEWISH HOME / FOR THE AGE / IN / ONTARIO, in five lines, below building.
Rev: KEEP ME and GOOD LUCK within border in upper and lower rim, UP / AND / YOU / WILL / HAVE, in five rows in center, between profiles of elderly man and woman facing left and right, respectively.
Ref: Randolph, Marc A. “Jewish Homes for the Aged Tokens,” The Shekel, XXXVI No. 3 (May-June 2003) 14-19, Figure 4.
Note: Founded in 1918 when the women of the Ezras Noshem Society collected money door-to-door and opened an old age home in a semi-detached house on Cecil Street (possibly the building shown on the token). By 1954, the building had become too crowded and was beyond repair. The institution purchased a 25-acre site on Bathurst Street, in North York, Ontario, and built the Jewish Home for the Aged. The institution still exists as the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care.Stkp
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Jewish War, 66-70 AD, bronze 1/8 shekel Bronze eighth denomination, 19 mm, 5.08 g, 69 - 70 A.D.
O: "To the redemption of Zion" in Hebrew, Omer cup with a pearled rim;
R: "Year four" in Hebrew, Lulav (myrtle, palm and willow branches tied together) flanked by an etrog (citron - small lemon like fruit) on both sides - Hendin 1369
During the fourth year of the Jewish War, the Romans had besieged the Jews in Jerusalem. There was a shortage of materials, and so, for the first time fractions of the shekel were minted in bronze. These are among the earliest examples of "siege money." Intended to pass as the equivalent in silver, they would have been redeemed for their face value at the end of a successful rebellion.
These siege pieces recall a time of despair and desperation in Jerusalem. Surrounded by Roman Legions under General Titus, intense starvation ravaged the city. Inhabitants were reduced to eating pieces of leather, belts and shoes. Josephus says that mothers even roasted and ate their own children. Simply having the appearance of good health implied a person was hiding food and would be reason enough to be murdered.
Nemonater
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Judaea First Revolt 1/8 Shekel Æ(לגאלת ציון) (Palaeo-Hebrew inscription: "For the redemption of Zion"), omer cup
(שנת ארבע) (Paleo-Hebrew inscription: "Year four")
lulav bunch flanked by etrogs.
Jerusalem; 69-70 CE
4.95g
Hendin 1369; Meshorer 214
Ex-Holyland (Shick) e-auction 16 lot 173 with export permit, ex-Menashe Landman collectionJay GT4
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