Israel Is Known As the Persian Province "Yehud Medinata" meaning "The State of Judea"
Israel was known as the Persian province "Yehud Medinata" meaning "the State of Judea".Pictured here is a Persian Period Shekel from the late 5th Century BCE. A helmeted profile adorns the front while the reverse features a bearded divinity figure seated on a winged wheel extending its hand to support a falcon, with letters in Aramaic script: "Yehud," written near the head.
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Persian Period Shekel, Late 5th Century BCE
A helmeted profile adorns the front this Persian period coin, while the reverse features a bearded divinity seated on a winged wheel, extending its hand to support a falcon, with letters in Aramaic script: YHD, "Yehud," written near the head.