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Oldest coins of Jerusalem

What are the oldest coins of Jerusalem? One of the oldest coins of Jerusalem, if not the oldest of all, is a silver drachma minted at the beginning of the 4th century BC (we can also call the denomination a "quarter shekel" according to the Phoenician standard). The design is unique; on the obverse, we see a female frontal image representing a strange fusion between the Egyptian goddess Hathor and the Greek Medusa. The shape of the face and…