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On this coin, the owl has lost some of the distinctive features of the Athenian prototypes. Instead of the large prominent eyes, the face is relatively small, and the eyes are even smaller. The bird’s…
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Yehud, Land of Israel (Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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The image of an ear on this coin may symbolize God as the one who hears prayers, as in passages such as Psalm 34:16, 18, and Psalm 130:2. The image is paralleled on Egyptian stelas that depict…
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Yehud, Land of Israel (Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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I. W. Loewenbach’s medal commemorating the dedication of the new synagogue in Munich (1826) is among the earliest German synagogue medals. On one side of the medal, one sees the façade of the…
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I. W. Loewenbach
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Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (Munich, Germany)
Date:
1826
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This medal for St. Stephanskirche in Vienna provides an example of the style innovated by its engraver Jacques Wiener (1815–1899), in which the exterior of a building appears on one side and the…
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Jacques Wiener
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Brussels, Belgium
Date:
1862
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This medal by master engraver Charles Wiener honors the Jewish philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885) and his wife, Lady Judith Montefiore (1784–1862). Montefiore was an activist on behalf of…
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Charles Wiener
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1864
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The image on this coin is the front of a hybrid creature with the body of a winged feline (probably that of a lynx) and the head of a human. The head, crowned, has a beard and horns, representing a…
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Yehud, Land of Israel (Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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This coin from Yehud, the Persian name for the province of Judah, is larger and heavier than others like it. The helmeted and bearded male on the front is a deity who is usually, though not…
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Yehud, Land of Israel (Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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Beatriz Mendes Beneviste (Doña Gracia the Younger) was born in 1540 in Antwerp. She was the niece of the wealthy and influential Doña Gracia Nasi. In 1544, the family, New Christians of Portuguese…
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Pastorino de’ Pastorini
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Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
1557/8
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This is the earliest known Jewish coin. It may have been minted in Philistia for the province of Yehud, before Yehud began to mint its own coins. The front depicts the head of a gorgon, a Greek…
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Yehud, Land of Israel (Southern Israel, Israel)
Date:
Persian Period, Early 4th Century BCE
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On the front is a lily, commonly found on Yehud coins. On the back is a bird that most ornithologists consider to be a falcon; there is no consensus on its symbolism. With wings spread, this falcon…
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Yehud, Land of Israel (Southern Israel, Israel)
Date:
Persian Period, 4th Century BCE