虽然处于帝国的直接和间接统治之下,非利士(或称非利士丁)那些高度发达的城市,是巴勒斯坦最早发展货币制度的地方。非利士地区也是全国最早从金银条块经济转向铸币经济的地区。从公元前538年直到公元前332年亚历山大大帝占领巴勒斯坦为止,加沙铸造了巴勒斯坦货币。此后,一种古希腊式的货币——德拉克马——在包括加沙、阿什凯隆、约帕(雅法)和阿卡在内的多个巴勒斯坦城市被铸造。德拉克马催生了银迪拉姆,这是一种阿拉伯伊斯兰货币,其名称源自德拉克马。

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.

非利士（Philistia）在公元前6至4世纪的钱币，指的是一组备受讨论的银币，铸造于公元前6、5、4世纪，由巴勒斯坦城市加沙、阿什凯隆和阿什杜德的自治统治者铸造。这些钱币代表了巴勒斯坦货币发展的最早且最重要的阶段。这一货币发展在公元前4世纪一直延续，直至阿契美尼德（波斯）王朝结束。

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)

统治巴勒斯坦的权力。非利士早期的货币由银币和镀银硬币组成。这批庞大藏品中一些著名而独特的藏品收藏于大英博物馆。在非利士发行的货币在非利士—阿拉伯地区广泛流通和交易，并因此被称为非利士—阿拉伯货币。

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.

非利士硬币的图像风格，受到希腊、西顿、阿契美尼德、埃及以及巴勒斯坦本地的多种来源与图样的交融影响（Hill 1914, 2011；Tal 2016；Gitler and Tal 2006）。多位学者注意到希腊古风时期银币的存在，这些银币带有强烈的雅典艺术影响，“对非利士硬币最显著的影响明显来自雅典。非利士人留意到这些外来图样，并经常加以采用和改造，以适应本地的使用”（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）。该图像学还呈现了亚述、埃及、希腊和巴勒斯坦最为杂糅的神祇组合。

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