The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . COmS OF SIMON MACCABEUS. About the year B. C. 139, Antiochus VII. Sidetes, of Syria, son of Demetrius I.,sent letters to Simon Maccabseus, not only renewing the former privileges given byhis father, but granting to the Jews the right of coining money; and, in accord-ance with this permission, among the first Jewish coins were struck the shekeland half shekel of Shekel, Obverse, Shekel Israel, Shekel of Israel. A cup or chalice; above the lettersfor the year 2. Reverse, Jerushalaim ha-kedoshah, Jerusalem the Holy.
The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . COmS OF SIMON MACCABEUS. About the year B. C. 139, Antiochus VII. Sidetes, of Syria, son of Demetrius I.,sent letters to Simon Maccabseus, not only renewing the former privileges given byhis father, but granting to the Jews the right of coining money; and, in accord-ance with this permission, among the first Jewish coins were struck the shekeland half shekel of Shekel, Obverse, Shekel Israel, Shekel of Israel. A cup or chalice; above the lettersfor the year 2. Reverse, Jerushalaim ha-kedoshah, Jerusalem the Holy. A triple lily.*
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