Murex shells also appear on coins from Tyre, and Corinth. Anyone know the
dates?

Oh, and also on a coin from the Bar Kochba revolutionary government (circa
135 C.E.).

mendel


At 01:44 AM 5/8/00 EDT, Thomas Miller wrote:
>Among my coins with shells on them, I have a silver piece from the Greek
>colony of Taras, circa 450 B. C. with a M. brandaris on it, so the trade in
>purple dye goes back quite far.  Many other mollusks may be found on other
>Greek colony coins--octopi, pectens, mussels and perhaps a stromb.
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