AN ATHENIAN TETRADRACHM these bottles were typically used

these bottles were typically used for perfumes and scented oils and were often placed in burial caves

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plural: מְזוּזוֹת‎

when the Roman army had suffered a great defeat under Cestius Gallus

AN ATHENIAN TETRADRACHM these bottles were typically usedThe tetradrachm (Greek: , tetrdrakhmon) was an Ancient Greek silver coin equivalent to four drachmae. In Athens, it replaced the earlier "heraldic" type of didrachms and it was in wide circulation from c. 510 to c. 38 BC. The silver tetradrachm is believed to be the coin given to Judas for betraying Jesus. The transition from didrachms to tetradrachms occurred during c. 525510 BC; the abandonment of the "heraldic" type didrachms and the Archaic