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¼ Shekel (Ashdod)
Country: Persian satrapies (Achaemenid satrapy of Yehud Medinata)
(Persia)
Denomination: 1/4 Shekel
(1/4)
Year: (-539--332)
Material: Silver
Weight: 13.67 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 15 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: persian satrapies achaemenid satrapy of yehud medinatapersia
Description:
Obverse
Hybrid head; male surmounted by a forepart of a lion on the forehead (as headdress) facing left and grotesque figure right, all within a twisted-rope circle
Reverse
Double-protome bull bending forelegs, surrounded by twisted-rope (guilloche) border set in incuse square
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