Caesarea Maritima: The Coins and the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Economy of Palestine
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.
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Caesarea Maritima: The Coins and the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Economy of Palestine
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.
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Caesarea Maritima: The Coins and the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Economy of Palestine

Caesarea Maritima: The Coins and the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Economy of Palestine

Caesarea Maritima: The Coins and the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Economy of Palestine

Caesarea Maritima: The Coins and the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Economy of Palestine

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780897570749
Publisher: American Schools of Oriental Research
Publication date: 02/28/2007
Series: Archaeological Reports Series , #12
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 8.46(w) x 10.98(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jane DeRose Evans is a field archaeologist who has worked on sites in Philadelphia, Greece, England, Italy, Israel, France, and Turkey. Her broad interests lie in the archaeology of the Roman world, with a specialization in ancient Roman and Byzantine coinage. Currently, Evans is Associate Professor of Art History in the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia; she is also the Numismatic Specialist for the Harvard Expeditions to Sardis, Turkey, for which she is preparing a monograph for Harvard University Press.

Table of Contents


Preface     xi
Acknowledgements     xvii
List of Figures     xix
List of Tables     xxi
Abbreviations     xxiii
Introduction     1
Coins from the Excavations     7
Comparison of Caesarea to other Sites     25
The Gold Hoard of Caesarea     53
The Chi-Square Test     63
Notes     71
Key to Comparison Sites     83
Bibliography     85
Catalogue of Coins from the JECM Excavations 1971-1989 Greek, Roman Provincial, Judaic, Nabatean     103
Arabian and Axumite     103
Roman Imperial Coinage     127
Late Roman Coins     137
Byzantine Coins     180
Index of Loci     205
Index     225
Biographical Information     229
Plates     231
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