Garchi imperiya hukmronligi ostida bo'lsa-da (bevosita va bilvosita), Filistiyaning (yoki Filistin) yuqori darajada rivojlangan shaharlari Falastinda pul tizimini birinchi bo'lib yaratdi va Filistiya mamlakatdagi birinchi hudud bo'ldiki, unda bulyon iqtisodiyotidan tangalar iqtisodiyotiga o'tish kuzatildi. Falastin puli esa miloddan avvalgi 538 yildan to Iskandar Zulqarnayn tomonidan Falastin bosib olinguniga qadar, ya'ni miloddan avvalgi 332 yilgacha G'azoda zarb qilingan. Keyinchalik G'azo, Ashkelon, Yoppa (Yofa) va Akko shaharlari ham daxl qilingan holda, qadimgi yunon uslubidagi pul birligi drakhma bir qancha Falastin shaharlarida zarb qilingan. Drakhmadan kumush dirham kelib chiqdi, ya'ni nomi drakhmadan olingan arab-islom tangasi.

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.

Miloddan avvalgi VI–IV asrlardagi Filistiya tangalari deganda, VI, V va IV asrlarda Falastinning G‘azo, Ashkelon va Ashdod shaharlari avtonom hukmdorlari tomonidan zarb etilgan, ko‘plab bahs-munozaralarga sabab bo‘lgan kumush tangalar guruhi tushuniladi. Bu tangalar Falastinda pul muomalasining rivojlanishidagi eng qadimgi va eng muhim bosqichni ifodalaydi. Bu pul rivojlanishi IV asrda, Ahamoniylar (Fors) hukmronligining oxirigacha davom etdi.

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)

Falastin ustidan hukmronlik qilgan. Filistiyaning dastlabki tangalari kumush va kumush qoplangan tangalardan iborat edi. Ushbu keng to‘plamning ba’zi mashhur va noyob namunalari Britaniya muzeyida saqlanmoqda. Filistiyada zarb qilingan tangalar keng muomalada bo‘lgan va savdoga chiqarilgan hamda Filisto-Arab hududida shu tariqa Filisto-Arab tangalari nomini olgan.

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.

Filistiya tangalarining tasviriy san'ati yunon, sidon, axamoniylar, misr va mahalliy falastin manbalari hamda naqshlarining aralashmasi ta'sirida shakllangan (Hill 1914, 2011; Tal 2016; Gitler and Tal 2006). Yunon arxaik kumush tangalarining mavjudligi, kuchli afina san'ati ta'sirida, bir qator mualliflar tomonidan qayd etilgan, va "Filistiya tangalariga eng yorqin ta'sir aynan afinalik ekanligi ayon. Filistiya xalqi bu xorijiy motivlarni kuzatdi, ko'pincha ularni qabul qilib, mahalliy ehtiyojlarga moslashtirdi" (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:

253). Bu ikonografiya Ossuriya, Misr, Yunoniston va Falastin xudolarining eng turli-tuman to'plamini ham aks ettiradi.

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