Walaupun berada di bawah pemerintahan empayar (secara langsung dan tidak langsung), bandar-bandar Filistia (atau Filistin) yang sangat maju merupakan yang pertama membangunkan sistem kewangan di Palestin, dan Filistia ialah wilayah pertama di negara itu yang menyaksikan peralihan daripada ekonomi emas dan perak mentah kepada ekonomi berasaskan syiling, serta mata wang Palestin yang dicetak di Gaza dari tahun 538 SM hingga penaklukan Palestin oleh Alexander the Great pada tahun 332 SM. Selepas itu, mata wang bergaya Yunani kuno, drachma, dicetak di beberapa bandar Palestin, termasuk Gaza, Ascalon, Joppa (Jaffa) dan Acre. Drachma melahirkan dirham perak, syiling Islam Arab yang namanya berasal daripada drachma.

Although coming under imperial (direct and indirect) rule, the highly advanced cities of Philistia (or Philistin) were the first to develop a monetary system in Palestine, and Philistia was the first region in the country to witness a movement from bullion to a coin economy and Palestinian currency struck in Gaza from 538 BC until the occupation of Palestine by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. Subsequently an ancient Greek-style currency, drachma, was struck in several Palestinian cities, including Gaza, Ascalon, Joppa (Jaffa) and Acre. The drachma gave rise to the silver dirham, the Arab Islamic coin whose name derives from the drachma.

Syiling Filistia dari abad ke-6 hingga ke-4 SM merujuk kepada kumpulan syiling perak yang banyak dibincangkan dari abad ke-6, ke-5 dan ke-4, yang dicetak oleh para penguasa autonomi kota-kota Palestin, iaitu Gaza, Ascalon dan Ashdod. Syiling-syiling ini mewakili fasa awal dan paling penting dalam perkembangan wang di Palestin. Perkembangan monetari ini berterusan pada abad ke-4 sehingga berakhirnya empayar Achaemenid (Parsi).

The coinage of Philistia of the 6th‒4th centuries BC refers to the much-discussed group of silver coins of the 6th, 5th and 4th centuries, minted by the autonomous rulers of the Palestinian cities of Gaza, Ascalon and Ashdod, and these coins represent the earliest and most significant phase of the development of money in Palestine. This monetary development continued in the 4th century until the end of the Achaemenid (Persian)

memerintah Palestin. Syiling awal Philistia terdiri daripada syiling perak dan syiling bersadur perak. Beberapa keping terkenal dan unik daripada koleksi besar ini disimpan di Muzium British. Syiling yang dikeluarkan di Philistia beredar dan diniagakan secara meluas di rantau Philisto-Arab, dan dikenali sebagai syiling Philisto-Arab.

rule over Palestine. Philistia’s early coinage consisted of silver and silverplated coins. Some of the famous and unique pieces of this large collection are housed in the British Museum. The coins issued in Philistia circulated and were traded widely in the Philisto-Arabian region and became known as Philisto-Arabian coins.

Ikonografi syiling Filistia dipengaruhi oleh campuran sumber dan corak Yunani, Sidon, Achaemenid, Mesir dan Palestin tempatan (Hill 1914, 2011; Tal 2016; Gitler dan Tal 2006). Kehadiran syiling perak Yunani Archaic, dengan pengaruh artistik Athens yang kuat, telah dicatat oleh beberapa penulis, dan 'pengaruh yang paling ketara ke atas syiling Filistia ialah pengaruh Athens. Penduduk Filistia memerhatikan motif asing ini dan kerap mengadopsi serta menyesuaikannya untuk kegunaan tempatan' (Tal 2016:

The iconography of the coinage of Philistia was influenced by a melange of Greek, Sidonian, Achaemenid, Egyptian and local Palestinian sources and patterns (Hill 1914, 2011; Tal 2016; Gitler and Tal 2006). The presence of Greek Archaic silver coins, with strong Athenian artistic influences, was noted by several authors and the ‘most striking influence on the Philistia coinage is notably Athenian. The people of Philistia observed these foreign motifs and frequented adopted and adapted them to local use’ (Tal 2016:

Ikonografi tersebut juga mewakili himpunan tuhan-tuhan yang paling pelbagai dari Assyria, Mesir, Yunani dan Palestin.

253). The iconography also represents the most miscellaneous assemblage of deities of Assyria, Egypt, Greece and Palestine.