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The Humble Coinage of the First Seleucid King

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Seleucus I Nicator, the founder of the Seleucid Empire, never put his own portrait on the empire’s coinage. Why?   By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek …..   Since coins were one of the most effective tools for mass propaganda in the pre-modern world, it quickly became standard practice for a ruler to put their likeness […]

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Graven Images and the Coins of Ancient Tyre

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By David Hendin for CoinWeek ….. Silver shekels and half-shekels of Tyre were used by Jews in ancient Jerusalem to pay the annual Temple tribute of half a shekel per year per male adult. When the First and Second Temples stood in Jerusalem, local Jews, as well as Jews from around the ancient world, made […]

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