Mount Gerizim Excavations. Volume III, The Coins / Yitzhak Magen, Gabriela Bijovsky, and Yoav Tzionit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Magen, Izchak, author.

Bijovsky, Gabriela, author.

Tzionit, Yoav, author.

Series:

Judea and Samaria Publications (Series) ; Volume 19.

Judea and Samaria Publications ; Volume 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coins, Ancient.

Excavations (Archaeology)--West Bank--Gerizim, Mount.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Gerizim, Mount (West Bank).

West Bank--Antiquities.

West Bank.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem, Israel : Israel Antiquities Authority and the Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria, [2021]

Summary:

This is the third volume dedicated to the excavations at Mount Gerizim, which began in the early 1980s and lasted for 25 years. The book describes thousands of coins that have been discovered in the excavations at Mount Gerizim, from the Persian period in the fifth century BCE until the end of the Byzantine period, the seventh century CE. The first section in the book is dedicated to the history of Mount Gerizim and Samaritans, from the destruction of Samaria until the Samaritan revolt in the Byzantine period. The numismatic section includes a comprehensive discussion of the coins that have been discovered in the excavations, it also an elaborated catalogue of the coins organized by chronology, mints and types.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Section One: The Samaritans and the History of Mount Gerizim

Section Two: The Coins from the Excavation at Mount Gerizim

Catalogue

Plates.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Magen, Yitzhak Mount Gerizim Excavations III

ISBN:

9789654067522

9654067528

OCLC:

1302006038