MONEY
Mention of money is made as early as Gen. 17:12, 13, which speaks of people bought “for money.”
From Genesis to Zechariah it is mentioned as not counted, but weighed. This gave the true value of precious metals in the form of rings or in small pieces of gold or silver.
The amounts of money that were used in the OT correspond to Gera, Beka, Shekel, Maneh and Talent.
When the Jews returned from exile in 536 BC, Persian money was then used. This was followed by Greek money.
Antiochus VII, around 140 BC, gave permission to Simon Maccabeus to mint Jewish money.
Shekels were minted with the engraving of a cup of manna and an almond tree.
Under the Romans, Roman money was used.