Translation required [solved]

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Good afternoon

 

I want to upload the token, shown below, but without a translation of the text, it makes it difficult to find in future.  Can someone please help with the translation.

 

Thanks

Ex-South African now living in Germany

“shekel israel” 

Thank you.  I see I have uploaded the same side twice, have now corrected it.  Can you translate the other side too please.

 

Thanks again

Ex-South African now living in Germany

 Holy Jerusalem 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Athanasius_Kircher_-_Turris_Babel_-_1679_%28page_215_crop_-_Hebrew_Coin_VII%29.png 

 

 Your token is a representation of a Hebrew ancient coin, with an 

illustration on that page from the 1679 book Turris Babel by Athanasius Kircher. 

 

 The characters on the coin, supposed to be an ancient version of Hebrew script, 

are transcribed by Kircher in modern Hebrew as follows:
ירושלם קדושה

שקל ישראל
translated in Latin as Israël Siclus Sancta Jerusalem, "Shekel of Israel, Holy Jerusalem". 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

 Could be: ירושלים  הקדושה instead. 

still the same translation, hopefully. 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

You guys are awesome. Thanks.

 

Will now finalize the upload, and add all your input.

 

Brilliant stuff, thank you.

Ex-South African now living in Germany
Status changed to Solved (ZacUK, 24 Jun 2022, 21:58)

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