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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3586476, member: 72790"]I, too have wondered about that, along with Tribute Penny of the New Testament being pretty much accepted as that of Tiberius. I don't think a Ptolemaic tetradrachma of that period would have passed muster because, though the weight of such a coin was similar to that of Tyre, the Ptolemies were quick to change the fineness of the silver to suit the changing fortunes of the dynasty. I have thought, though, that the earlier tetradrachmas of Syria would have been accepted as both similar in weight and fineness as those of Tyre. Yes, Judaism frowned on using coins with the image of a person on coinage but if they could swallow their scruples by accepting coins with a pagan god, I think they could have put up with a few dead rulers. Also the Seleucids, at times, did control the mint at Tyre and the reverse of these tetradrachmas is very similar to the shekels presumed to be those paid out to Judas Iscariot and a king like this one, Demetrios II looks a good deal like Melkart.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a look at this overly cleaned, well worn, and partially corroded tetradrachma of Demetrious II from circa 130BC. Its weight is just over 13 grams, minted on the Phoenician standard. On the reverse is that ubiquitous fierce eagle, the letters Alpha Sigma, and Beta Pi (?) to the right, some kind of combination of letters between the eagle's legs, the club of Heracles to the left of the eagle's leg and above it a piece of corrosion when the mint mark would have been. Try looking at Sear's 7105 for an image of how it would have looked. Could such a coin been one of those thirty pieces? I think very possibly so and thinking of what the high priests were paying for and what they may have thought of Judas, perhaps just the right coin for the occasion.[ATTACH=full]957731[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]957732[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3586476, member: 72790"]I, too have wondered about that, along with Tribute Penny of the New Testament being pretty much accepted as that of Tiberius. I don't think a Ptolemaic tetradrachma of that period would have passed muster because, though the weight of such a coin was similar to that of Tyre, the Ptolemies were quick to change the fineness of the silver to suit the changing fortunes of the dynasty. I have thought, though, that the earlier tetradrachmas of Syria would have been accepted as both similar in weight and fineness as those of Tyre. Yes, Judaism frowned on using coins with the image of a person on coinage but if they could swallow their scruples by accepting coins with a pagan god, I think they could have put up with a few dead rulers. Also the Seleucids, at times, did control the mint at Tyre and the reverse of these tetradrachmas is very similar to the shekels presumed to be those paid out to Judas Iscariot and a king like this one, Demetrios II looks a good deal like Melkart. Take a look at this overly cleaned, well worn, and partially corroded tetradrachma of Demetrious II from circa 130BC. Its weight is just over 13 grams, minted on the Phoenician standard. On the reverse is that ubiquitous fierce eagle, the letters Alpha Sigma, and Beta Pi (?) to the right, some kind of combination of letters between the eagle's legs, the club of Heracles to the left of the eagle's leg and above it a piece of corrosion when the mint mark would have been. Try looking at Sear's 7105 for an image of how it would have looked. Could such a coin been one of those thirty pieces? I think very possibly so and thinking of what the high priests were paying for and what they may have thought of Judas, perhaps just the right coin for the occasion.[ATTACH=full]957731[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]957732[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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