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Akropolis Ancient Coins
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JUDAEAN & BIBLICAL COINS
1. Tyre,
Phoenicia,110-109 B.C. AR Tetradrachm
/ Shekel (14.23 gm.) Obv:Bust
of Melkart right. Rev:
Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; to left,
date ZI (year 17) above club; monogram in field to right; Phoenician
letter
between legs. BMC
82. EF-....................................................................(Image)
$1450
2.
Pontius Pilate; Procurator of Judaea under Tiberius, 26-36
A.D., under
whom
Jesus Christ was crucified. Matthew 27:2. Æ
prutah, 15 mm. Obv:
TIB(EPIOY)
(K)AICAPOC. The letters in parenthesis are not visible. This legend
means
"Of Tiberius Caesar." Between the inscriptions is a "lituus,"
a staff of
office,
but "a pagan symbol abhorrent to the Jews," per Hendin. Rev: date
"LIZ"
(Year 17) in wreath = 30
A.D. Hendin 649. The lighter areas on the coin are soil
from the original find site.
It has not been cleaned...................................(Image)
$125
3.
Alexander Jannaeus; 103-76 B.C.; Æ prutah, 14 mm. The "Widow's Mite"
of the
bible.
Mark 12:41- 44. Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ around anchor
within a
circle
with Alexander's name, in Greek, around. Rev: Star of eight rays
surrounded
by a diadem; between the rays, Aramaic inscription "Yehonatan the
King."
It is called the Widows Mite because Jesus is quoted as calling attention to
the
poor widow at the temple tithing two "mites," (they are small copper
coins)
and
noting that the two mites represented all that she had, so that her giving
exceeded
that of more wealthy people, who gave only a tiny fraction of their
wealth.
Hendin 469. Extraordinary condition!..........................................(Image)
$425
4.
Herod I, the Great; 40-4 B.C.; Æ lepton, 15 mm. Matthew writes of this
infamous
king ordering the "Massacre of the Innocents," all children under the
age
of two, because he feared "A King had been born to the Jews." Matthew
2:1-
13
and 16-18. The obverse shows an anchor with "King Herod" around, in
Greek.
The
reverse shows double cornucopia, caduceus between and letter
"N" above.
Hendin
500.........................................................................................................
..(Image)
$60
5.
Herod Philip II; 4 B.C.- 34 A.D.; first husband of the notorious Salome. The
denomination is not recorded in history, so numismatists refer to it
by its size: Æ
18 mm. Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17 - 6:29; Luke 3:19. The obverse shows the head of
the Roman emperor Tiberius, at whose pleasure Herod Philip served as a
satrap,
with Tiberius' name and title around. The reverse shows a temple, with the
letters
LΛΓ between the columns, which is the date of "Year 33"
(29/30 A.D.), with
Philip's name and title
around. Fair(worn die)/Very Fine+. Hendin 537.....(Image) $750
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