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.
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