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Author Topic: Tetradrachmas and Shekels  (Read 1240 times)

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Offline Mauro Coca C

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Tetradrachmas and Shekels
« on: July 06, 2020, 06:47:52 pm »


Hello guys!

            Why only the tetradrachmas minted in independent Tyre are called shekels and the others of Tire under Ptolemaic and Seleucid domination with the same weight
            pattern are not?

                   Thanks.

Offline Jay GT4

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Re: Tetradrachmas and Shekels
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2020, 08:16:49 pm »
There is a good numiswiki article on the Temple Tax coin which explains.  Click on the blue link Temple Tax

 

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