The excavation conducted in the southeastern part of the City of David (see Greenhut and Mazor, this volume) yielded 27 coins, 20 of which were identified (see Catalogue; Fig. 1). All the coins are ...made of bronze and were minted in Jerusalem. It is possible that all 20 coins, including the ancient ones, were in circulation until the time of the destruction of Jerusalem.
Seven coins (Nos. 1–3, 8, 15, 18, 20) were exposed in the foundation of the Plastered Pool (L105, L105A) and 12 coins were found in the fill inside it (L104, L102). One coin (No. 17) was found in Channel 103, which probably postdates the construction of the dam wall and the Plastered Pool. All the coins date to the 110 years before the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, the latest coin (No. 19) dating from “Year 4” of the First Jewish Revolt (69/70 CE). These findings seem to support the excavators’ conclusion that the installation of the Plastered Pool was completed in 69 or 70 CE. This conclusion is however somewhat puzzling, as it seems unreasonable that the people of Jerusalem engaged in infrastructure operations, such as the installation of the pool, while the Roman troops besieged the city.
The excavation at Pi Maẓuva (see Cinamon and Lerer, this volume) yielded eight bronze coins, six of which were identified. Except for one dating from the fourth century CE, all the coins date to the ...Byzantine and Early Islamic periods.
The earliest coin (No. 1) belongs to Constantine I, and it was minted in the city of Lyon, France, in 314–315 CE. One half follis of Anastasius I (No. 2) was found, dating between 507 and 512 CE; on the coin’s reverse is a circular punchmark. Three coins dating from the seventh century CE were unearthed: two of Emperor Heraclius (Nos. 3, 4), which were minted in the same year (629/630 CE), and one Arab-Byzantine coin (No. 5). Coin Nos. 3 and 4 are overstruck follis and half follis; Coin No. 4 bears a countermark. Coin No. 6 is an Umayyad post-reform fals, dating from the eighth century CE.
This work seeks to understand the process of monetization within the economy of the Galicians and Asturians and the cultural ways in which the phenomenon occurred. Numismatic remains are studied in ...depth, found in four of the roads crossing the northwestern territory of the Iberian peninsula in Roman times; the tracks studied, as referenced in the Itinerary of Antonino, were XVII, XVIII, XIX and XX. All the coins discovered were imported, and so it was possible to mark precisely where the greatest influx of individuals and materials came from, as well as areas and zones of different speeds of monetization and, thus, Romanization. -Spanish Description: A través de este trabajo hemos pretendido comprender el proceso de monetización de la economía de galaicos y astures y las vías culturales por las que el fenómeno se produjo. Para ello hemos estudiado en profundidad los restos numismáticos aparecidos en cuatro de las calzadas que atravesaban el territorio noroccidental de la península ibérica en época romana, las vías XVII, XVIII, XIX y XX del Itinerario de Antonino. Debido a que toda la moneda que encontramos en este territorio es importada, hemos podido marcar con precisión cuáles fueron los horizontes de mayor entrada de individuos y materias, así como áreas y zonas de diferentes velocidades de monetización y con ello de romanización. Seguramente las zonas cercanas a campamentos, dónde se alojaron miles de soldados cuya única economía posible era la monetaria, conocieron y dependieron pronto del valor de la moneda. Igualmente los nuevos núcleos romanos administrativos hubieron de ser centros focales de monetización, aunque desconocemos el por qué no se abrieron cecas de moneda en estas ricas ciudades con importante tráfico de mineral y de gentes, como pueda ser el caso de Astorga o Braga.
This volume presents eight new Iron Age gold hoards from the southern Netherlands and Belgium, consisting of gold coinages and in several cases also gold ornaments. The study of these hoards provides ...a wealth of new information on the archaeological contexts in which they were found, on the dating of many coin types and jewellery, and on the social role of gold in pre-Roman society. All these hoards seem to have been buried in the 50s BC, thus making a direct association with the historical context of Caesar's war campaigns in Northern Gaul very plausible. This makes the volume important for archaeologists as well as numismatists and historians. Amsterdam Archaeological Studies is a series devoted to the study of past human societies from the prehistory up into modern times, primarily based on the study of archaeological remains. The series will include excavation reports of modern fieldwork; studies of categories of material culture; and synthesising studies with broader images of past societies, thereby contributing to the theoretical and methodological debates in archaeology.
This study deals with six silver coins of the tetradrachm denomination that were found in Kherbit Beit Nasib west of Hebron. The coins are large, undated and struck over Roman coins during the third ...and last year of the Bar Kokhba's rebellion (134-135 A.D.) against Roman rule. They are relatively well preserved. The motifs and the texts that appear on obverses and reverses of these coins are repeated and homogenous in form and content.
The archaeological excavations conducted by the EBAF of Jerusalem between November 2010 and April 2011 in the area of the Greek-Orthodox Church of Saint John the Baptist, in the centre of the Holy ...City, led to the recovery of 78 coins and 1 seal probably from the Ottoman era. The coins cover a very lengthy period from the 2nd century B.C. to the mid-14th century, with particular concentration during three periods (Asmonean, Late Roman and imitations, Byzantine) but there are also a significant numismatic documentation of the Umayyad era. Les fouilles archéologiques menées par l'EBAF de Jérusalem entre Novembre 2010 et Avril 2011 dans la zone de l'église grecque-orthodoxe de saint Jean-Baptiste, dans le centre de la Ville Sainte, ont conduit à la récupération de 78 monnaies et 1 sceau probablement d'époque ottomane. Les pièces couvrent une très longue période, depuis le 2ème siècle avant J.-C. jusqu'au milieu du 14ème siècle, avec une concentration particulière dans trois périodes (Asmonéen, IVe-Ve siècle avec des imitations, Byzantin), mais il y a aussi une documentation numismatique significative pour l'époque omeyyade.
