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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 5168474, member: 72790"]If the coin in question was a tetradrachma of Tyre, would it necessarily have been the one with Melkart? For those readers with the Greek Sear books take a look in Vol 2 , Sear 5919 and compare it with Sear 7105. Some of the Seleucid tetras of the Second Century look almost identical to the Melkart ones and the weight appears to be very, very close, the Melkart ones being given a weight of 14.0 to 14.5 grams and the Seleucid monarch ones given as 14.2 grams. They seem to me to be almost indistinguishable, especially with some wear on the obverse. Also I wonder if the priests at the Temple would have used only those coins acceptable in Temple Tax payments for this "blood money" or would they have used more heathenish coins from another fund? I suppose this is similar to the Tribute Penny coin controversy and which coin that was. Oh, for that time machine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 5168474, member: 72790"]If the coin in question was a tetradrachma of Tyre, would it necessarily have been the one with Melkart? For those readers with the Greek Sear books take a look in Vol 2 , Sear 5919 and compare it with Sear 7105. Some of the Seleucid tetras of the Second Century look almost identical to the Melkart ones and the weight appears to be very, very close, the Melkart ones being given a weight of 14.0 to 14.5 grams and the Seleucid monarch ones given as 14.2 grams. They seem to me to be almost indistinguishable, especially with some wear on the obverse. Also I wonder if the priests at the Temple would have used only those coins acceptable in Temple Tax payments for this "blood money" or would they have used more heathenish coins from another fund? I suppose this is similar to the Tribute Penny coin controversy and which coin that was. Oh, for that time machine.[/QUOTE]
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