Abstract
Some 162 coins were retrieved from the shipwreck site off the Carmel coast, originating from a third-century CE ship. The hoard consists of 71 silver coins, 86 bronze coins, three billon and two lead tesserae. Dominating the hoard are 68 Roman denars, dating from Claudius to Marcus Aurelius. The coin hoard allows us to easily trace the route of the wrecked ship. It apparently sailed from Alexandria and anchored along the Mediterranean Sea at Ashqelon, Jaffa, Caesarea Maritima, ‘Akko-Ptolemais, Tyre, Berytus, Antioch and the southern coast of Asia Minor, and from there to Rome via Greece.
Keywords
hoard, silver denars, currency, circulation
Recommended Citation
Meshorer, Ya'akov
(2010)
"Coin Hoard from a Third-Century CE Shipwreck off the Carmel Coast (pp. 111–135),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 63, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1281
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol63/iss1/7
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