Abstract
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.
Keywords
numismatics, medieval textiles, bleached linen
Recommended Citation
Kool, Robert; Berman, Ariel; Shamir, Orit; and Tepper, Yotam
(2011)
"A Late Tenth-Century Fatimid Coin Purse from Bet She’an (pp. 31*–41*),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 67, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1430
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol67/iss1/7
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