Seventh-Century Coins in the Palestine Exploration Fund Collections

Author: Goodwin, Tony

Source: Palestine Exploration Quarterly, Volume 137, Number 1, April 2005 , pp. 65-76(12)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

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Abstract:

Coins provide a useful historical source for the momentous events that took place in Palestine during the seventh century A.D., but relatively few have been properly published in excavation reports. This article catalogues 21 Byzantine and 10 Arab-Byzantine coins from the PEF collections, all of which are previously unpublished, including a number from excavations at Jerusalem, Nessana, Gezer and Kafr Harib. Apart from their intrinsic interest as individual coins, they provide some useful information on the coinage in circulation immediately before the Arab conquest and in the early years of Arab rule.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1179/174313005x37998

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