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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 7332360, member: 92212&quot;]I have seen the find of a Tyrian Shekel reported in two different online news sources recently.&nbsp; Here is one of the articles:</p><p><a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1416447/ancient-coin-bible-second-temple-period-tyrian-shekel-jerusalem-archaeology-news-evg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1416447/ancient-coin-bible-second-temple-period-tyrian-shekel-jerusalem-archaeology-news-evg" rel="nofollow">https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1416447/ancient-coin-bible-second-temple-period-tyrian-shekel-jerusalem-archaeology-news-evg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Strange thing though: It is not a <u>Shekel</u> of Tyre. It is a Seleucid <u>tetradrachm</u> from Tyre.</p><p><br /></p><p>The portrait immediately caught my eye as being unlike Melqart&#039;s portrayals, and instead more like that of Demetrius II.&nbsp; But what I should have noticed first was that the reverse legend clearly includes the name Demetrius. </p><p><br /></p><p>Granted, it is believed that the late Seleucid Tetradrachms from Tyre were accepted at the Temple in Jerusalem, but a Shekel and a Tetradrachm are not synonymous. </p><p><br /></p><p>Am I bad to find this quote from the article sad and a little amusing? <i>&quot;Experts have identified this as Melqart&quot;</i>... <u><b>Experts?</b></u></p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: Adding a link to another article on this...</p><p><a href="https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/coin-from-2nd-temple-mount-era-found-during-tower-of-david-conservation-663456" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/coin-from-2nd-temple-mount-era-found-during-tower-of-david-conservation-663456" rel="nofollow">https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/coin-from-2nd-temple-mount-era-found-during-tower-of-david-conservation-663456</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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