Half Tyre Shekel, golden Pendant. 14K. composer money used in the Eastern

money used in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West

A LIMOGES ENAMEL TRIPTYCH

To test and see which one of these crosses truly belonged to Jesus Christ

Constantinople and Trebizond

Half Tyre Shekel, golden Pendant. 14K. composer money used in the EasternSize: Diameter= 2 cm. 0. 7 inch. Tyrian shekels, tetradrachms, or tetradrachmas were coins of Tyre, which in the Roman Empire took on an unusual role as the medium of payment for the Temple tax in Jerusalem, and subsequently gained notoriety as a likely mode of payment for Judas Iscariot. In the latest standard, which was also the one used for the temple tax, the coins bore the likeness of the Phoenician god Melqart or Baal, accepted as the Olympian