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'Atiqot 88 (2017)
ISBN 2948-040X
The Coins from Yafo (Jaffa), Jerusalem Boulevard and Its Vicinity
(pp. 135–141)
Robert Kool
Keywords: Jaffa, numismatics, overstrikes, Eastern empire, imitations, Ottoman empire, Europe
The coin finds from Jerusalem Boulevard in Yafo represent a wide chronological range, from the second century BCE to the early years of the State of Israel, reflecting the city’s long and multiple-layered history. Among the coins were two Seleucid-period small bronzes; a single
prutah
from the Roman period; three Byzantine-period coins—a small pre-reform copper
nummus
, a post-reform
nummus
and a
follis
; Ummayad post-reform coppers; two medieval silver coins—one of them is a square-cut
dirham
; and five Late Ottoman currencies, including a gold 10 franc coin of Napoleon III and a pierced 5 Milliemes.