Phonecia, Tyre, Tetradrachm or "Shekel of Tyre", 101 B.C.
26mm, 14.29gm, axis: 1:00.
Obv: Head of Melquart right.
Rx: TYPOY IEPAS ASULOU. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, plam under wing; club in left field; AK (= yr 21 = 102/1 B.C.), monogram in field right.
Cf. SGI 5918.
Among those interested in tracing "Biblical" connections, coins of this type are widely believed to have been the most likely coin with which Judas was paid his "30 pieces of silver". Due to its purity of silver, this was the only coin acceptable for payment of the temple tax in Jerusalem.

Phonecia, Tyre, Didrachm or "Half-Shekel of Tyre", c. 20 A.D.
19mm, 6.60gm, axis: 1:00
Obv: Head of Melquart right.
Rx: TYPOY IEPAS ASULOU. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm under wing; club in left field; in right field: KP / Q (= yr 129 = 23 A.D.).
Cf, SGI 5921.
Among those interested in tracing "Biblical" connections, coins of this type are widely believed to have been the most likely coin with which Judas was paid his "30 pieces of silver". Due to its purity of silver, this was the only coin acceptable for payment of the temple tax in Jerusalem.

Roman Provincial Syria, Traditionally given to Mint of Tyre (but possibly Antioch), AR Tetradrachm, 101 A.D. 25mm, 14.23gm, axis: 6:00
Trajan, 98-117 A.D.
Obv: AUTOKR KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB GERM DAK. Laureate head of Trajan, right; club and eagle beneath.
Rx: DHMARC EX IE UPATAS G (= 5th TR P = 100/1 A.D. & 3rd consulship). Laureate bust of Melquart right, draped in lion-skin knotted at neck.
Cf. SGI 1088.
More than 200 years after its introduction, the Tetradrachm or "Shekel" of Tyre was reissued by Trajan.
Among those interested in tracing "Biblical" connections, earlier coins of this type are widely believed to have been the most likely coin with which Judas was paid his "30 pieces of silver". Due to its purity of silver at the time, that was the only coin acceptable for payment of the temple tax in Jerusalem. By the time of Trajan, however, it had been debased.

Phonecia, Arados, 2nd century B.C.
AE 18mm, 3.27gm, axis: 1:00.
Obv: Turreted Tyche head right.
Rx: Poseidon seated left on prow, Phonecian letters below.
Cf. SG 6002.

Phonecia, Arados, 2nd century B.C.
AE 16mm, 2.87gm, axis: 2:00.
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rx: Galley-ram left, pPhonecian legend and date below.
Cf. SG 6001, SNGCop 36.

Phonecia, Marathos, mid-2nd century B.C.
AE 21mm, 7.22gm, axis: 1:00.
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rx: Double-cornucopia, Phonecian characters and date to right, left, and below.
Cf. SG 6042.

Phonecia, Berytus, Claudius I, 41-54 A.D.
AE 22mm, 12.87gm, axis: 1:00.
Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM IMP (or similar) Bare head left.
Rx: Founder plowing Pomerium with yoke of bull and cow; COL IVL above, AVG BER in ex.
Cf. SGI 477.

Judaea, Askelon, Domitian, 81-96 A.D. AE 19mm, 5.61gm, axis: 12:00, 94/5 A.D.
Obv: CEBAC. Laureate head right.
Rx: AC. Phanabal standing left brandishing sword over head and holding shield and palm. HYP (date - 198 = 94/5 A.D.) in field left.
SNG ANS 6, 701, Hendin 280.
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Phonecia, Byblus, Caracalla, 198-217 A.D.
AE 24mm, 9.30gm, axis: 11:00.
Obv: AV K M AVP CEOVH ANTWNEINOC CEB. Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rx: IEPAC BVBLOV. Tetrastyle shrine with arch of shell-pattern containing statue of Astarte standing right crowned by Nike standing on column.
Cf. SGI 2673.

Judea, Hasmonean Dynasty, Alexander Janneus, 103-76 B.C. AE Prutah
15mm, 2.62gm.
Obv. BASILEWS ALEXANDROU around anchor.
Rx: Wheel with 8 ray-like spokes surrounded by diadem; Hebrew inscription "Yehonatan the King" between rays.
Hendin GBC 10, Meshorer 8, SG 6087.

Judea, Hashmonean Dynasty, Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 B.C. AE Lepton
14mm, 0.93gm.
Obv: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU. Double cornucopia, pomegranate arising in between.
Rx: star of 8 rays surrounded by border of dots.
This combination of types, not listed in Hendin, is probably a "barbarous" contemporary counterfeit.

Judea, Hashmonean Dynasty, Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 B.C. AE Prutah
14mm, 1.60gm, axis: 11:00.
Obv: Hebrew inscription: "Yehonatan the high priest and the council of the Jews" within wreath.
Rx: Double cornucopia decorated with ribbons, pomegranate arising between horns.
Hendin GBC 14 var, Meshorer 12, SG 6090.

Judea, Hashmonean Dynasty, Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 B.C. AE Prutah
14mm, 2.15gm, axis: 1:00.
Obv: Hebrew inscription: "Yehonatan the high priest and the council of the Jews" within wreath.
Rx: Double cornucopia decorated with ribbons, pomegranate arising between horns.
Hendin GBC 14, Meshorer 12, SG 6090

Roman Provincial Judea, Herodian Dynasty, Herod Agrippa I, 37-44 A.D. AE Prutah 42/3 A.D.
17mm, 2.53gm, axis: 11:00
Obv: BASILEWS AGRIPA. Fringed canopy.
Rx: L - S (=yr. 6 of Caligula) to left and right of 3 barley ears.
Hendin GBC 75, Meshorer 88, SGI 5567.

Roman Provincial Judea, Procurator Porcius Festus - time of Nero, 54-68 A.D. AE Prutah, yr 5 = 58/9 A.D.
16mm, 2.18gm, axis: 240º
Obv: NEP / WNO / C within wreath.
Rx: LE (yr 5 of Nero) KAICAPOC around palm-branch.
Hendin GBC 118, Meshorer 234, SGI 5627.

Judea, 1st revolt, 66-70 A.D. AE Prutah dated 67/8 A.D.
18mm, 3.03gm, axis: 11:00
Obv: Amphora with rim and handles, no lid; Hebrew inscription "Year 2".
Rx: Vine-leaf on branch; Hebrew inscription "The Freedom of Zion".
Hendin GBC 123, Meshorer 153, SGI 5639.

Judea 1st revolt Prutah - another photo of the last, color is more true to specimen, but detail is fuzzier - photo experiment.

Roman-era, semi-autonomous - Palestine, Askelon, 76-77 A.D.
AE 15mm, 4.37gm, axis: 1:00
Obv: Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right.
Rx: War-galley right, date: PR (= yr 180 of City era = 76/7 A.D.), ethnic: AS above in 2 lines.
Cf. SGI 5216, Rosenberger 54.