Yehud coinage
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Yehud coinage refers to the small silver and bronze coins minted in the Persian-period province of Yehud (Judea), notable for their early use of Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions and symbols reflecting Jewish religious identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yehud coinage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9779200 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yehud coinage Context triple: [Yehud Medinata, currency, Yehud coinage]
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A.
Sassanian drahm
The Sassanian drahm was a silver coin of the Sassanian Empire that became a major standard of currency and trade across the Near East and Central Asia.
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B.
Carthaginian shekel
The Carthaginian shekel was an ancient coin and weight unit used in Carthage’s Mediterranean trade and commerce, often featuring Punic iconography such as the goddess Tanit and war elephants.
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C.
Sassanian royal mints
Sassanian royal mints were state-controlled facilities of the Sassanian Empire responsible for producing its official silver drahm and other coinage used across the realm.
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D.
Shekel ha-Kodesh
Shekel ha-Kodesh is a Kabbalistic work by medieval Spanish Jewish mystic Moses de León, best known as the principal author of the Zohar.
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E.
Byzantine solidus
The Byzantine solidus was a highly stable and widely circulated gold coin of the Byzantine Empire that served as a key reference currency across the Mediterranean and beyond for centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yehud coinage Target entity description: Yehud coinage refers to the small silver and bronze coins minted in the Persian-period province of Yehud (Judea), notable for their early use of Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions and symbols reflecting Jewish religious identity.
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A.
Sassanian drahm
The Sassanian drahm was a silver coin of the Sassanian Empire that became a major standard of currency and trade across the Near East and Central Asia.
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B.
Carthaginian shekel
The Carthaginian shekel was an ancient coin and weight unit used in Carthage’s Mediterranean trade and commerce, often featuring Punic iconography such as the goddess Tanit and war elephants.
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C.
Sassanian royal mints
Sassanian royal mints were state-controlled facilities of the Sassanian Empire responsible for producing its official silver drahm and other coinage used across the realm.
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D.
Shekel ha-Kodesh
Shekel ha-Kodesh is a Kabbalistic work by medieval Spanish Jewish mystic Moses de León, best known as the principal author of the Zohar.
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E.
Byzantine solidus
The Byzantine solidus was a highly stable and widely circulated gold coin of the Byzantine Empire that served as a key reference currency across the Mediterranean and beyond for centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian-period Judean coinage
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ancient coinage ⓘ numismatic series ⓘ |
| authority |
Persian imperial authorities
ⓘ
local Judean administration ⓘ |
| country | Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination |
drachm (rare)
ⓘ
half-obol ⓘ obol ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | numismatics ⓘ |
| followedBy | early Hellenistic Judean coinage ⓘ |
| function |
local small-change currency
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tax and administrative payments ⓘ |
| iconography |
bearded male bust
ⓘ
chariot ⓘ falcon or eagle ⓘ human head ⓘ winged disk ⓘ |
| inscription |
YHD
NERFINISHED
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YHDH NERFINISHED ⓘ YHW ⓘ |
| inscriptionType |
administrative designation
ⓘ
territorial designation ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| material |
bronze
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silver ⓘ |
| mintedIn |
Persian-period Judea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yehud Medinata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
among the earliest coins with Hebrew inscriptions
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combination of imperial Persian and local Jewish symbols ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Achaemenid provincial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Philisto-Arabian coinage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Levant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Second Temple period Judaism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
history of Judea ⓘ |
| religiousContext | early Jewish religious identity ⓘ |
| religiousSymbol |
lily
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pomegranate ⓘ priestly figure (interpreted) ⓘ temple façade (interpreted) ⓘ |
| scriptUsed |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Paleo-Hebrew ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
4th century BCE
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early Hellenistic period ⓘ late 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Judea
NERFINISHED
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Yehud Medinata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weightStandard | Persian weight standard ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yehud coinage Description of subject: Yehud coinage refers to the small silver and bronze coins minted in the Persian-period province of Yehud (Judea), notable for their early use of Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions and symbols reflecting Jewish religious identity.
Referenced by (1)
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