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‘Atiqot 67 (2011)
ISBN 2948-040X
A Late Tenth-Century Fatimid Coin Purse from Bet She’an
(pp. 31*–41*)
Robert Kool, Ariel Berman, Orit Shamir and Yotam Tepper
Keywords: numismatics, medieval textiles, bleached linen
During salvage excavations on the southern outskirts of Bet She’an, a hoard of Islamic silver currencies and one gold coin, dating to the end of the tenth century CE, was uncovered fused with textile fragments, which are probably the remains of a purse. A total of 131 cut silver dirham fragments were identified. The coin catalogue presents 20 cut dirham fractions, which bore inscriptions that facilitated their classification.