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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gary Waddingham, post: 2722088, member: 73648&quot;]One of my favorite coins is this very small silver coin with a picture of God on it.&nbsp; It was struck in Samaria which was the name for Israel at the time of Christ and a few centuries before.&nbsp; The southern kingdom containing Jerusalem was Judah.&nbsp; The Samaritans had been conquered by foreign powers (Assyria) 721/2 B.C.&nbsp; Thus the influence of other religions had affected their national character for much longer than Judah which was conquered by Babylonia 586/7 B. C. and more or less freed by the Persians a Sabbath of Sabbaths later (49 years).&nbsp; Samarian coins show much more latitude than do the coins of Judah commonly called Yehud coins.&nbsp; The Jews in Judah would never strike a coin showing YHWH but the Samaritans did although none of said coins ever show the sacred name of God (YHWH) either by itself or in construct form (combined with another word) on the same side of the coin as the image.&nbsp; Thus some respect of the image prohibition is retained.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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