Persia, Achaemenid Kings AR Siglos, Very Fine, Darios I to Xerxes II, 485-420 B.C.E.

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PERSIA AR SIGLOS ACHAEMENID KINGS, XERXES I - DARIOS II, 485 - 420 B.C.E.

Carradice Type IIIb A/B, Very Fine, 16.1mm, 5.32 grams

Obverse: Persian king or in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow 

Reverse: Incuse punch

Nice detail and eye appeal! Tinges of attractive irridescent patina.

Biblical Coin which circulated around the time of King Ahaseurus and Queen Esther.

This denomination is 1/3 of a Persian Shekel. This amount is probably what Nehemia was referring to when he asked the Judaean populace for a 1/3 shekel donation for the rebuilding of the Temple precincts, i.e. 1/3 of a Persian shekel was exactly the same weight as 1/2 of a Judaean shekel, the half shekel Temple tax (Machazit HaShekel) at the time.