page_title: Shekel
hierarchical_section_title: Shekel
caption_attribution_description: JUDAEA. First Jewish War. 66-70 CE. AR Half Shekel (18mm, 6.69 gm). Dated year 2 (67/8 CE). "Half Shekel" in Hebrew, chalice with beaded rim, date above / “Holy Jerusalem” in Hebrew, sprig of three pomegranates. Meshorer 195; Hendin 660. Near EF.
context_page_description: Shekel or sheqel is an ancient Near Eastern coin, of usually of silver. It was first a currency in ancient Tyre and ancient Carthage and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees.
  The modern currency unit used in the State of Israel today is officially known as the Israeli new shekel, which replaced the Old Israeli shekel in 1985.
context_section_description: Shekel or sheqel (Phoenician: 𐤔𐤒𐤋‎, Hebrew: שקל‎, plural שקלים‎ sheqalim or shekels; Akkadian: 𒅆𒅗𒇻 šiqlu or siqlu) is an ancient Near Eastern coin, of usually of silver. It was first a currency in ancient Tyre and  ancient Carthage and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees.
  The modern currency unit used in the State of Israel today is officially known as the Israeli new shekel (Hebrew: שקל חדש‎, sign: ₪), which replaced the Old Israeli shekel in 1985.
caption: The half-Shekel coin discovered in Horvat 'Ethry
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