Coins in the Bible

Coins of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and Germanicus are also considered possibilities.

[4] The coin in the fish's mouth mentioned in Matthew 17 is usually thought to be a Tyrian shekel.

[5][6] According to the Gospel of Matthew 26:15, the price for which Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus was thirty pieces of silver.

Donald Wiseman suggests two possibilities for the identity of the coins used to pay Judas.

They may have been tetradrachms of Tyre, usually referred to as Tyrian shekels (about 1.38 troy ounces), or they may have been staters from Antioch, which bore the head of Augustus.