Half Tyre Shekel, golden Pendant. 14K. composer he had a silver replica

he had a silver replica of his hand fashioned and attached it to the icon

First: wood

maker's mark for Gustav Klingert

He became one of the most venerated saints and megalo-martyrs in Christianity

made out of bronze

Half Tyre Shekel, golden Pendant. 14K. composer he had a silver replicaSize: Diameter= 2 cm. 0. 7 inch. Tyrian shekels, tetradrachms, or tetradrachmas were coins of Tyre, which in the Roman Empire took on an unusual role as the medium of payment for the Temple tax in Jerusalem, and subsequently gained notoriety as a likely mode of payment for Judas Iscariot. In the latest standard, which was also the one used for the temple tax, the coins bore the likeness of the Phoenician god Melqart or Baal, accepted as the Olympian