The CBS Television network ran their Sunday "60 Minutes" show this evening and had a 15-minute episode on the Vatican Library in Rome. While a close-up of an ancient Greek Athenian "Owl" tetradrachm appeared, the narrator Morley Safer said: "And there's a huge collection of ancient coins, including the money used in Palestine 2,000 years ago. There are the kind of silver coins Judas was said to have been paid to betray Christ." I do not know much about ancient Greek coins, but I thought that "owls" stopped being used before then. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/08/60minutes/main20052140.shtml
Nice video, thanks for sharing! As for the tetradrachmon, well, they talk about (and to some extent show) a collection which includes pieces from ancient Greece and Palestine. The images could have been a little better "synced" with what the narrator said, but apart from that, it was OK. Christian
Yeah, more propaganda from the isreali controlled press. The Bible makes referance to a silver coin that was payment to Judas Escariot for the betrayal. Here is a counterfeit of such coin, I came across. I would like to have all 30 pieces of that silver to make a crucifix to give to the Church. https://picasaweb.google.com/Ripley44mag/Counterfeits#5437402426680217522 The Judean coin is at the 5 o'clock position. Hardly the Owl of Athens.
Here are some scans of the coins shown in the CBS 60 Minutes episode: Morley Safer (on right) and curator, the curator was describing the coins in Italian The group of coins shown Obverse, looks like a Greek Silver Decadrachm of Syracuse (Sicily), around BC 400 Reverse of above coin (Decadrachm) Obverse, Greek Athens Classical Owl Tetradrachm The episode did not show the reverse
A very nice Persephane on the Syracuse coin. Here is mine of the same era with a Biga on the reverse. :hail:
