Tyrian shekels, tetradrachms, or tetradrachmas were coins of Tyre, which in the Roman Empire took on an unusual role as the medium of payment for the Temple tax in Jerusalem, and subsequently gained notoriety as a likely mode of payment for Judas Iscariot.
historical currencies Shekel Carthaginian shekel, generally roughly half a Tyrianshekel Jerusalem shekel Bar Kochba shekel "TyrianShekel". Historia numorum:...
replacing the Tyrianshekel with its image of a foreign god which had previously been minted to pay the temple tax. The Bar Kochba shekel was issued from...
$441 in present-day value (USD) depending on which coin was used. The Tyrianshekel weighed four Athenian drachmas, about 14 grams, more than earlier 11-gram...
Flower as a symbol of life, and a fenestrated axe as a symbol of death. As Tyrian trade, colonization and settlement expanded, Melqart became venerated in...
shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord. — Exodus 30:13 NRSV A Tyrian...
struck from the Temple's store of silver. These coins replaced the Tyrianshekel, which had previously been used to pay the Temple tax. The newly minted...
this too remains contentious. Money portal History of Carthage Shekel & Tyrianshekel Vennemann (2013b), p. 487. Crawford (1985), p. 103 & 133. Jenkins...
Alexandrian coinage Ptolemaic coinage Seleucid coinage Bactrian coinage Tyrianshekel Stater (electrum and silver) Trite (coin) (electrum third of a stater)...
is always 1⁄8 the weight of the 'Shekel of the Sanctuary' (Tyrian coinage), which for every 200 shekels in Tyrian coinage, only 25 were required to be...
the fish's mouth mentioned in Matthew 17 is usually thought to be a Tyrianshekel. According to the Gospel of Matthew 26:15, the price for which Judas...
the half of a shekel that observant Jews had previously paid for the upkeep of the Temple of Jerusalem. (Exodus 30:13). A Tyrianshekel contained 13.1g...
(or shekel) coin would be exactly enough to pay the temple tax (a two-drachma coin) for two people. It is usually thought to be a Tyrianshekel. Elijah...
between their desks. 214 30 "Shekel and Hyde" February 25, 2013 (2013-02-25) Items appraised include an ancient Tyrianshekel; two original Duesenberg presentation...
animals, food. Currency was also exchanged, with Roman currency exchanged for Tyrian money, as also mentioned in the New Testament account of Jesus and the Money...
strength, Cambyses sought Tyrian assistance for his planned conquest of Carthage, which may indicate that the former Tyrian colony had become wealthy...
/ 4,4,4) and cites Theophrastus as having cited a korban vow among the Tyrians (Against Apion 1.167 / 1,22,4). The idea conveyed in most korbanot was...
century, significant quantities of raw silk was being imported from China. Tyrian purple, a quasi-sacred colour, was officially reserved for the border of...
valuable Tyrian purple dye that was extracted from shellfish. The Phoenician colony of Mogador on the northwestern coast of Africa was a center of Tyrian dye...