Coin Denominations and Weight Standards in Fourth-Century BCE Palestine

Abstract

Epigraphic material of the fourth century BCE and other written sources are surveyed in
order to identify the weight denominations and standards of contemporaneous Palestinian
coins. It was found that there were probably local denominational systems and weight
standards in the region, and that these were apparently based on the sheqel and its fractions.
The Greek (Attic) denominational system and weight standard formerly associated
with the coins were probably not known in Palestine.