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Yehud Coinage 16.6

Yehud Medinata · 1/2 gerah · 350 - 333 BCE

Date350 - 333 BCE
AuthorityYehud Medinata
Denomination1/2 gerah
MaterialSilver
MintYehud Mint
RegionJudaea
Average Size7mm, 0.3g (based on 4 examples)
Obverse TypeHead of the Persian king right, wearing a jagged crown with three peaks
Reverse LegendYHD (retrograde, Paleo-Hebrew)
Reverse TypeFalcon in flight, viewed from below, head right, probably anepigraphic
ManufactureStruck
ParentType URIlco.yhd.16 ↗
StateAchaemenid Empire

Examples in Museum Databases (4 specimens)

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reverse
American Numismatic Society (MANTIS)
obverse
reverse
American Numismatic Society (MANTIS)
obverse
reverse
American Numismatic Society (MANTIS)
obverse
reverse
American Numismatic Society (MANTIS)

Source record: https://numismatics.org/lco/id/lco.yhd.16.6