ANCIENT GREECE
Persia, Achaemenid Empire, Darius... Lot 15
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ANCIENT GREECE
Persia, Achaemenid Empire, Darius I or Xerxes I (521-486-465). Silver Sicle ND (521-486 B.C.), Sardis. SNG Cop.278 - GC 4678 ; Silver - 5,53 g - 15,5 mm - 12 h
TTB.
Twenty shekels of silver equivalent to one daric of gold. The shekel (Akkadian: šiqlu or siqlu, Hebrew: לקש , shekel) is an ancient unit of weight as well as a monetary currency in use among several peoples of the Levant including the ancient Hebrews. It seems to have originally referred to a unit of measure equivalent to a certain quantity of barley that varied with place and time
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