Three different prutot of Herod the Great (37-4 BCE.), mint of Jerusalem: 1. Obv.: An anchor surrounded by Greek insc. HPW BACIΛ (of king Herod). Rev.: Double cornucopia with caduceus between horns and above four pellets. 37-4 BCE. 2 grams, 16 mm, axis 11. TJC 59d 2. Obv.: An anchor surrounded by Greek insc. HPW BACI (of king Herod). Rev.: Double cornucopia with caduceus between horns and above three pellets. 37-4 BCE. 1.3 grams, 15 mm, axis 7. TJC 59c 3. Obv.: An anchor surrounded by Greek insc. HPWΔ BACI (of king Herod). Rev.: Double cornucopia with caduceus between horns and above five pellets. 37-4 BCE. 1.4 grams, 15 mm, axis 3, TJC 59a

In Exodus 30:13 one finds the description of an annual tax to be given to the Temple for purchasing public sacrifices: "Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the Lord". In Mishnaic literature there are many references to this commandment, most of them in Tractate Shkalim. The specific reference is 1:6. When two people pay the half shekel tax with one complete shekel they are obliged to add a commission for the money changer, agio, kalbon. 1. The Sela - A Tyrian Shekel. Obv.: A portrait of Melqarth, the Phoenician Hercules, facing right. Rev.: Eagle facing left, surrounded by Greek inscription. In field, the date POE (49/50 C.E) on left; below it, the club of Hercules; on right, KP (Jerusalem struck?) and the letters EPH. 49/50 C.E. 12.9 grams, 23 mm, axis 12 2. The Kalbon - A bronze prutah of Agrippa I, mint of Jerusalem. Obv.: A canopy surrounded by Greek insc. [AΓ]PIΠA BACIɅE[WC] (of king Agrippa). Rev.: Three ears of grain and the date Lς (sixth year( 42/3 C.E. 2.3 grams, 17 mm, axis 12. TJC 120

Two medals commemorating the 25th anniversary of Henri Loeb's appointment as chief rabbi of Belgium. One medal is made of cast bronze and the other of cast brass. Belgium, 1859. Obverse: relief of Henri Loeb's figure, his name and maker's mark: Leopold Wiener. Reverse: Inscription: "True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with us in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin." Diameter: 58 mm.