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Authentic Silver Greek Seleucid Drachma (285 B.C)
Greek Seleucid Drachma from 285 B.C.
Drachma – Greek. The name drachma is derived from the verb “δράττω” (dratto, “to grasp”). Initially a drachma was a fistful (a “grasp”) of six oboloi (metal sticks), which were used as a form of currency as early as 1100 BC.
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Bronze Seleucid Coin – 2nd Century B.C. Antiquity found in Jerusalem
Greek Coin – 2nd Century.
All Greek coins were hand-made, rather than milled as modern coins are. The design for the obverse was carved (in reverse) into a block of stone or iron. The design of the reverse was carved into another.
The blank gold or silver disk, heated to make it soft, was then placed between these two blocks and the upper block struck hard with a hammer, punching” the design onto both sides of the coin.”
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Byzantine Coin of King Justinian – Fifth Century in Jerusalem
King or St Justinian byzantine coin found in Jerusalem.
- King Justinian 5th century AD.
- Bust of St Justinian holding the Cross.
- “M” is number 40 follis.
- Byzantine Empire in the Middle East.
- Includes a certificate of authenticity.