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Offline Mauro Coca C

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Ptolemaic Tyre coins in temple tax
« on: July 22, 2019, 09:51:57 am »
Hello guys!


Ptolemaic shekels minted at Tire, may have been used as a temple tax?
 
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Re: Ptolemaic Tyre coins in temple tax
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2019, 11:17:47 am »
It is not impossible. Ptolemaic silver tetradrachmae have been found in hoards from the late Second Temple period, demonstrating that they were current at this time.
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