The Coins and the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Economy of Palestine

Download or read book The Coins and the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Economy of Palestine written by Jane DeRose Evans and published by American Society of Overseas Research. This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the numismatic results from nineteen seasons of fieldwork by the Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima (1971-1987 and 1993-1993). The expedition recovered just over 8,000 coins, of which about 2,700 were datable between 350 BC and AD 640. The volume provides a complete descriptive catalogue of the datable coins along with a separate section illustrated with color photographs of a spectacular hoard of 99 gold Byzantine solidi of Valens and Valentinian I discovered in 1993.