Object types
coin (all objects)
Denomination
drachm (?)
Materials
silver (scope note | all objects)
Production place
Minted in Judaea (all objects)
Date
4thC BC(early)-4thC BC(late)
Period/Culture
Greek (scope note | all objects)
State
Persia
Description
Silver coin.
(obverse) Bearded male head right, wearing crested 'Corinthian' helmet; dotted border.
(reverse) Male deity bearded and seated right on winged wheel; right hand is wrapped in garment and left hand holding a hawk; in right field, bald, bearded mask left; all in square of cable-pattern in incuse square.
Inscriptions
Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Script: Proto-Hebrew
Inscription Position: reverse
Inscription Language: Hebrew
Inscription Content: יהו
Inscription Transliteration: YHD
Dimensions
Weight: 3.29 grammes
Die-axis: 11 o'clock
Subject
deity (scope note | all objects)
Acquisition date
1837 (before)
Acquisition notes
This denotes the first catalogue produced of the British Museum coin and medal collections by Taylor Combe, the then Keeper of Antiquities, in 1814.
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