1/2 Ma'ah-Obol Judea

Yehud Medinata — "the province of Judah" — was a sub-unit of the Achaemenid satrapy of Abar Nahara, administered by a Persian-appointed governor but permitted to strike its own small silver coinage, an unusual concession that likely served local tax and temple-economy needs rather than broad commerce. These fractional pieces circulated in an environment where most transactions were conducted by weight, making the denomination more a fiscal instrument than a coin in any modern sense.

The HGC 10#442 "corr." citation signals a cataloguing correction, indicating this specific subtype diverges from the type as originally described.