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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4514637, member: 19463"]This is a very special coin. Congratulations and thank you for sharing it. The common coin of Sidon and the only one I have is the 1/8 shekel like this one from year 21? of Artaxerxes III from the 4th century BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118572[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Like svessien, I have an Arados from the period (in my case year 175 or 87/6 BC). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1118582[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Have you found any information about the silver content of the Sidon issue? The obvious comparison would be the (so popular I won't have one) 'Shekel of Tyre' that was made famous as the coin acceptable in Jerusalem for the Temple Tax. The photo looks like it may have been lesser silver but there should be some mention of the matter in some reference unknown to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4514637, member: 19463"]This is a very special coin. Congratulations and thank you for sharing it. The common coin of Sidon and the only one I have is the 1/8 shekel like this one from year 21? of Artaxerxes III from the 4th century BC. [ATTACH=full]1118572[/ATTACH] Like svessien, I have an Arados from the period (in my case year 175 or 87/6 BC). [ATTACH=full]1118582[/ATTACH] Have you found any information about the silver content of the Sidon issue? The obvious comparison would be the (so popular I won't have one) 'Shekel of Tyre' that was made famous as the coin acceptable in Jerusalem for the Temple Tax. The photo looks like it may have been lesser silver but there should be some mention of the matter in some reference unknown to me.[/QUOTE]
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