Yehud Coinage 1

Yehud Medinata · 1/4 shekel · 410 - 390 BCE

Date410 - 390 BCE

AuthorityYehud Medinata

Denomination1/4 shekel

MaterialSilver

MintPhilistian Mint

RegionPhilistia

Average Size16mm, 3.3g (based on 1 example)

Obverse TypeHelmeted side-frontal bearded oriental head right Guilloche-pattern borderight

Reverse LegendYHD (Aramaic)

Reverse TypeBearded divinity wearing himation seated right on a winged wheel, extended left hand supporting a falcon and right hand resting on right knee. In lower right field a bearded mask to left In upper right field in lapidary Aramaic script. Guilloche-pattern border set in incuse square

ManufactureStruck

StateAchaemenid Empire

Examples in Museum Databases (1 specimen)

British Museum

Source record: https://numismatics.org/lco/id/lco.yhd.1