525-510 BC; the abandonment of the "heraldic"-type didrachms and the Archaic tetrardachms (early "owls") of the polis of Athens apparently took place shortly after the Battle of Salamis, 480 BC.
Tetradrachm of '''Kujula Kadphises''' (30-80 CE) in the style of King Hermaeus | tetradrachm |
Tyrian shekels (Tyrian tetradrachmas) were coins of Tyre, which in the Roman Empire took on an unusual role as the medium of payment for the Temple tax in Jerusalem, and subsequently gained notoriety as a likely mode of payment for Judas Iscariot.