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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1579742, member: 41665&quot;]<font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri"><i>The Middle East Under Rome </i>, Maurice Sartre (2005) p.263</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">“...starting in the Late Hellenistic Period, at least, coins from Tyre far outnumber any others in most sites in Galilee. Which seesm to indicate the direction of the trade axes. In addition, inscriptions from Gerasa describe payment in Tyrian silver. But does this really represent a heavy flow of trade, or does it simply result from the fact that until 65/66 Tyre was the only mint in the region producing silver coins, thus furnishing most of the currency necessary for commerce? This coinage with a high silver content (96 percent) and a heavy, fixed weight was highly valued.” </font></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p>A few examples: <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tyrian%20shekels" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tyrian%20shekels" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tyrian%20shekels</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Tetradrachm 126/125 BCE (Demetrius II Nikator) 13.811 grams ~???% Ag = ?? grams pure Ag</p><p>[ATTACH=CONFIG]218045[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>PHOENICIA, TYRE. Tetradrachm 111/110 BCE&nbsp; 14.211 grams ~???% Ag = ?? grams pure Ag</p><p>[ATTACH=CONFIG]218046[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>PHOENICIA, TYRE. Tetradrachm 107/106 BCE&nbsp; 14.184 grams ~???% Ag = ?? grams pure Ag</p><p>PHOENICIA, TYRE. Tetradrachm 94/94 BCE&nbsp; 14.38 grams ~???% Ag = ?? grams pure Ag</p><p>PHOENICIA, TYRE. Half-Shekel 76/72BCE&nbsp; 7.0 grams ~???% Ag = ?? grams pure Ag[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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