Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Gerah Judea
| Issuer | Yehud Medinata, Satrapy of |
|---|---|
| Year | 350 BC - 330 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Gerahl = 1/20 Shekel |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, the helmet decorated with an olive wreath, rendered in the Athenian style. The portrait is boldly struck in high relief relative to the diminutive flan, with characteristic archaic facial features. The design closely imitates contemporary Athenian coinage, reflecting the cultural and commercial influence of Athens throughout the Persian-period Levant. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | יהד (Translation: Yehud) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Yehud Medinata — "the province of Judah" — was a Persian administrative district carved out of the former Judahite heartland after Babylonian captivity. The right to strike coin was a privilege extended by the Achaemenid crown to certain loyal provinces, and Yehud used it to produce some of the smallest silver coinage in the ancient world. These tiny issues circulated alongside Persian sigloi and Athenian fractions in a regional economy where precious metal was weighed as much as counted.
The gerah itself is a biblical unit — one-twentieth of a shekel — which makes the denomination a deliberate act of cultural continuity within an imperial administrative framework.