HoardBaseYehud Coinage 5
Yehud Medinata · Gerah · 350 - 333 BCE
Date350 - 333 BCE
AuthorityYehud Medinata
DenominationGerah
MaterialSilver
MintYehud Mint
RegionJudaea
Average Size7mm, 0.7g (based on 16 examples)
Obverse TypeHelmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye
Reverse LegendYHD (Paleo-Hebrew)
Reverse TypeOwl standing right, head facing; in upper left field usually a lily (occasionally an olive spray) and crescent
ManufactureStruck
StateAchaemenid Empire
Examples in Museum Databases (16 specimens)
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Subtypes (5)
Yehud Coinage 5.1350 - 333 BCE
- Obverse Type
- Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye
- Reverse Legend
- YHD (Paleo-Hebrew)
- Reverse Type
- Owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field lily placed upwards.
- Authority
- Yehud Medinata
- Denomination
- Gerah
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Material
- Silver
- Mint
- Yehud Mint
- Region
- Judaea
- State
- Achaemenid Empire
Yehud Coinage 5.2350 - 333 BCE
- Obverse Type
- Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye
- Reverse Legend
- YHD (Aramaic)
- Reverse Type
- Owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field lily placed sideways.
- Authority
- Yehud Medinata
- Denomination
- Gerah
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Material
- Silver
- Mint
- Yehud Mint
- Region
- Judaea
- State
- Achaemenid Empire
Yehud Coinage 5.3350 - 333 BCE
- Obverse Type
- Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye
- Reverse Legend
- YHD (Paleo-Hebrew)
- Reverse Type
- Owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field lily placed sideways.
- Authority
- Yehud Medinata
- Denomination
- Gerah
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Material
- Silver
- Mint
- Yehud Mint
- Region
- Judaea
- State
- Achaemenid Empire
Yehud Coinage 5.4350 - 333 BCE
- Obverse Type
- Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye
- Reverse Legend
- YHD (retrograde, Paleo-Hebrew)
- Reverse Type
- Owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field lily placed sideways and crescent
- Authority
- Yehud Medinata
- Denomination
- Gerah
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Material
- Silver
- Mint
- Yehud Mint
- Region
- Judaea
- State
- Achaemenid Empire
Yehud Coinage 5.5350 - 333 BCE
- Obverse Type
- Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye
- Reverse Legend
- Y / HWD (Paleo-Hebrew)
- Reverse Type
- Owl standing right, head facing; in upper left field yod.
- Authority
- Yehud Medinata
- Denomination
- Gerah
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Material
- Silver
- Mint
- Yehud Mint
- Region
- Judaea
- State
- Achaemenid Empire
Source record: https://numismatics.org/lco/id/lco.yhd.5