Ingawa ziliingia chini ya utawala wa kifalme (wa moja kwa moja na wa kupitia wengine), miji iliyoendelea sana ya Filistia (au Filistin) ndiyo ya kwanza kubuni mfumo wa fedha huko Palestina, na Filistia ndiyo eneo la kwanza nchini kushuhudia mabadiliko kutoka uchumi wa madini ghafi hadi uchumi wa sarafu, na sarafu ya Kipalestina ilitengenezwa huko Gaza kuanzia mwaka 538 KK hadi Palestina ilipovamiwa na Alexander Mkuu mwaka 332 KK. Baadaye sarafu ya mtindo wa Kigiriki wa kale, drachma, ilitengenezwa katika miji kadhaa ya Palestina, ikiwemo Gaza, Ascalon, Joppa (Jaffa) na Acre. Drachma ndiyo iliyozaa dirham ya fedha, sarafu ya Kiarabu ya Kiislamu ambayo jina lake linatokana na 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.

Sarafu za Filistia za karne ya 6 hadi ya 4 KK hurejelea kundi la sarafu za fedha za karne ya 6, ya 5 na ya 4, zilizotengenezwa na watawala huru wa miji ya Kipalestina ya Gaza, Ashkeloni na Ashdodi, jambo ambalo limejadiliwa sana; na sarafu hizi zinawakilisha hatua ya mwanzo kabisa na yenye umuhimu mkubwa zaidi katika maendeleo ya fedha huko Palestina. Maendeleo haya ya kifedha yaliendelea katika karne ya 4 hadi mwisho wa utawala wa Waakhaemenidi (Waajemi).

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)

…utawala juu ya Palestina. Sarafu za awali za Filistia zilijumuisha sarafu za fedha na sarafu zilizopakwa fedha. Baadhi ya vipande maarufu na vya kipekee vya mkusanyiko huu mkubwa vinahifadhiwa katika Jumba la Makumbusho la Uingereza. Sarafu zilizotolewa Filistia zilizunguka na kufanyiwa biashara kwa wingi katika eneo la Filisto-Kiarabu, na zikajulikana kama sarafu za Filisto-Kiarabu.

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.

Muundo wa picha kwenye sarafu za Filistia uliathiriwa na mchanganyiko wa vyanzo na mifumo ya Kigiriki, Sidoni, Kiakemenidi, Kimisri na vya Kipalestina vya kienyeji (Hill 1914, 2011; Tal 2016; Gitler na Tal 2006). Uwepo wa sarafu za fedha za Kigiriki za enzi ya Archaic, zenye ushawishi mkubwa wa kisanii wa Athene, umebainishwa na waandishi kadhaa, na 'ushawishi unaoonekana zaidi kwenye sarafu za Filistia ni wa Athene. Watu wa Filistia waliyatambua maumbo haya ya kigeni na mara kwa mara waliyapokea na kuyarekebisha kwa matumizi ya kienyeji' (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:

Taswira hii pia inaonyesha mkusanyiko wa miungu mbalimbali zaidi kutoka Ashuru, Misri, Ugiriki na Palestina.

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