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THE HUNT DEKADRACHM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2015

John Cherry  and
Alan Johnston
John Cherry
Affiliation:
John Cherry, FSA, Bitterley House, Bitterley, Ludlow SY8 3HJ, UK. Email: [email protected]
Alan Johnston
Affiliation:
Alan Johnston, FSA, 81 Park Avenue South, London N8 8LX, UK. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper describes a Syracusan silver dekadrachm (ten-drachma) coin of c 400 bc, now in the Hunt Museum, Limerick, that is set in a gold ring with a text in elaborate Lombardic letters of early fourteenth-century date identifying it as one of the thirty pieces of silver for which Christ was betrayed by Judas. It is an unusual and early example of this type of relic.

Résumé

Cet article décrit une décadrachme (dix drachmes) de Syracuse datant de vers 400 av. J.-C., conservée aujourd’hui au musée Hunt de Limerick. Elle est montée sur un anneau d’or qui porte inscrit en caractères lombards ouvragés du début du xive siècle un texte la décrivant comme l’une des trente pièces d’argent remises à Judas pour qu’il trahisse le Christ. Elle constitue un exemple ancien et peu commun de ce type de relique.

Zusammenfassung

Diese Abhandlung beschreibt eine syrakusische Dekadrachma-Münze (zehn Drachmen) von ca. 400 v. Chr., die sich jetzt im Hunt Museum, Limerick, befindet. Die Münze ist in einen goldenen Ring eingelassen, mit einem Text in kunstreicher lombardischer Schrift aus dem frühen 14. Jahrhundert, die die Münze als einen der dreißig Silberlinge identifiziert, mit denen Christus von Judas verraten wurde. Es ist dies ein ungewöhnliches und frühes Beispiel einer Reliquie dieser Art.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 95 , September 2015 , pp. 151 - 156
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© The Society of Antiquaries of London 2015 

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