Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Yigal Levin 
To: Joseph Fishkin, MD 
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: old coin


Dear Yosi,

To me, it does not look like a coin at all, that is, not something with any 
monetary value. It's not "ancient"; the lettering is perfectly normal, if 
somewhat archaic, square Hebrwew script. The letters seem to make up various 
combinations of the divine name. My guess would be that it is a token or a 
medallion, perhaps an amulet that was supposed to have some sort of 
kabbalistic power. As a guess, it's no older than the 19th century. 
Yigal
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joseph Fishkin, MD 
  To: Yigal Levin 
  Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 1:20 AM
  Subject: Re: old coin


  Here you go... c1.jpg shows both sides, the rest are blowups.

  Yosi Fishkin, MD
  www.GoDaven.com


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Yigal Levin 
    To: Yosi AT FishkinMD.com 
    Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 3:41 PM
    Subject: old coin


    Dear Yosi,

    I don't know of any ancient Hebrew coin that big, but please email the 
pictures to me and I'll be glad to give you my two agorot's worth. While not 
an expert on numismatics, I may be able to help.

    Yigal

    Dr. Yigal Levin
    The Department of Jewish History and 
    The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies
    and Archaeology
    Bar-Ilan University
    Ramat Gan, ISRAEL