ISRAEL 

KM 119

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
10 sheqalim 26.0 8.0   Smooth Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse
Ancient galley, the emblem of the State of Israel, title of state in Hebrew, Arabic and English.

 Origin of motif: coin issued by Herod Archelaus (4 B.C.E. - 6 C.E.). Herod Archelaus (23 BC – c. 18 AD) was the ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD.

The denomination "10" between stars, "sheqalim" in Hebrew and English, the year of minting (JE5744 = AD1984) in Hebrew.

 Alexander Jannaeus was the first of the Jewish kings to introduce the "eight-ray star" or "eight-spoked wheel" symbol, in his bronze "Widow's mite" coins.