<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">shekels</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Early Western World coins by denomination name</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>schekels</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>shekel</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sheqels</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Ancient Near Eastern coins, especially from Judea, issued during the 1st and 2nd centuries CE; also silver or cupronickel decimal coins of Israel. For Persian coins of the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, use "sigloi"; for coins issued in Sidon and Tyre from the 4th century BCE, prefer "tetradrachms." ]]></note></mads>