A piece of ancient history
My Persian Silver Siglos
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Some time ago I set out to purchase a Greek / Athens Tetradrachm -with a beautiful owl depicted on reverse. It was hard to afford, circa 1k USD. And the Shekel Jesus and Peter paid their taxes with, roughly 1.6k USD. Also out of reach.
Around Christmas last year, I ordered my ‘next best thing’, a coin from the time of Darius, the time of the prophet Malachi who was the last of the great men of God in the Old Testament.
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I ordered it blind, meaning the seller picked a specimen for me. I did not get a say nor a photo. I suppose this was because he bought a lot of these coins and some were better than others. He may have, as Jesus said, ‘paid’ us evenly no matter how much we desired our ‘pay’ or were willing to ‘work’.
The parcel was shipped out of America, and took a turn thru the Netherlands before reaching Malaysia, where it sat a long time in a mixed cargo bag. Finally, the postman delivered it, stuffed into our public access letterbox like any old valueless thing. I was so relieved to receive it after the tracking had halfway went dead.
This is my first ancient coin and the history of it, how it changed hands among men of old, thus got worn and scuffed, down the millennia, past the birth of Messiah, into modern times, the crude way it was struck, with a hammer, silver still soft from firing — it brings a lot into perspective just like watching the earth from space, seeing lighted cities, islands in the mysterious darkness, from a jet plane window, wondering where in the world it was right now, then waking to the sunshine over Wembley stadium as it banked to land.
It’s hard to afford a perfect ancient coin. And I’ve made do with a passable one that still retains a few prominent details. This one was $80-ish USD + shipping. I paid $8+ in taxes. Watch the Instagram video linked above.
To hold this man-made thing in my hands, nevermind it were less rare, much less valuable, but that it spanned ages of empires, famous kings came and went. I have a deep love and curiosity of history, and am a little clairvoyant. Connecting with times past, allows one to appreciate the future, the sometimes dark, sometimes hopeful, times we live in, and the bright future we look to attain.
PS. We’re heading out for lunch at the downtown mall soon. Today, ABY 1a, hexagram 43 — will the Liew witches finally be judged and convicted?
Feb 2 2026 was the delivery date of my coin promised by eBay. A full moon. ABY 9f, hexagram 34. It arrived Feb 5 2026, ABY 12f, hexagram 50. 9f began the subjugation of evil to good, 12f was tears in heaven, silver (the Siglos coin) is said to be the tears from heaven. But what of the 3 days between? Jesus rose on the 3rd day following his passion / triumph over sin. Somewhat of a synchronicity, I think.
