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‘Atiqot 56 (2007)
ISBN 2948-040X
The Coins from Horbat Hazaz, Ashqelon
(Hebrew, pp. 99–104; English Summary, pp. 81*–82*)
Helena Sokolov and Gabriela Bijovsky
Keywords: numismatics
During the excavation at Horbat Hazaz, 94 bronze coins were uncovered, 36 of which were identified. The earliest coin dates to the Seleucid period and the latest, to the Early Islamic period. Noteworthy among the Roman coins are a coin of Hadrian struck in Ascalon and a coin of Faustina II minted in Gaza. Of the Byzantine-period coins, four are small pentanummi, some most probably imitations. Of note is a coin of Constans II that was overstruck on a coin of Heraclius.