Currency Sheqel (ILR)
Facial value 0,50
Years of issue 1980 – 1985
Metal Copper-Nickel
Ø in mm 20
Art.-No. IL00.50X
Price EUR  95,00

Seal of Shema. This jasper seal was found in 1903 in the ruins of the biblical city of Meggido. It bore the inscription “Shema servant of Jeroboam”. The seal belonged to a servant of one of the first kings of Israel, Jeroboam I, who reigned shortly after King Solomon, or Jeroboam II, who reigned at the time of the prophet Jonah.