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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1731603, member: 19463&quot;]The same Tyre Shekel that is credited with being Judas&#039; 30 pieces of silver gets this duty also.&nbsp; The tax was the smaller (half shekel) of two denominations but we find more of the larger ones so Jesus was taking care of two tax bills with the single larger coin.&nbsp; Today we see more of the large silver coins which are more popular since most people equate them with the Judas story and this tax story as well as their being larger and prettier.&nbsp; Eng&#039;s Athenian coin is 400 years older than the story so it is unlikely that these were major currency in 30 AD.&nbsp; Remember that the tax had to be paid in coin acceptable to the temple staff so there were always convenient money changers available to convert whatever you had into good coin for a fee.&nbsp; That links the story of Jesus overturning the tables of the moneychangers to this coin as well.&nbsp; They are large, good silver and can be quite expensive in good condition.&nbsp; I do not have one. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=similar%3A651441#0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=similar%3A651441#0" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=similar%3A651441#0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Halves are harder to find but less popular so it works out well.</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=618507" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=618507" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=618507</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Stater is a term that is applied to any standard coin denomination.&nbsp; Some staters are 2 silver drachms, some three.&nbsp; A similar sized gold coin can be called a gold stater.&nbsp; The best translation is probably just &#039;coin&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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