Language:
English
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Israel Numismatic Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
2 (2007) 17-28
Keywords:
Coins, Ancient
;
Weights and measures, Ancient
;
Seals (Numismatics)
;
Eretz Israel History 586 B.C.-70 A.D., Exilic and Second Temple period
Abstract:
Epigraphic material of the fourth century BCE and other written sources are surveyed in order to identify the weight denominations and standards of contemporaneous Palestinian coins. It was found that there were probably local denominational systems and weight standards in the region, and that these were apparently based on the sheqel and its fractions. The Greek (Attic) denominational system and weight standard formerly associated with the coins were probably not known in Palestine.
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