Abstract
A total of 666 coins were unearthed in the excavation of the densely populated medieval neighborhood of al-Waṭṭa, Safed, including isolated coin finds and two hoards. One hoard (A) comprises 125 Mamluk silver dirhams and Venetian grossi, which were concealed together in an earthenware money box, and the other, smaller hoard (B), comprises 33 copper fulus. The distribution pattern of the coin types and mints provides previously unknown details concerning the use and circulation of coins within the Mamluk state, between the fourteenth and early sixteenth centuries CE.
Keywords
Galilee, numismatics, economy, trade, Syria, Egypt, Bilad al-Sham, Venetian merchants, Western Europe
Recommended Citation
Kool, Robert and Berman, Ariel
(2019)
"The Coins from the al-Waṭṭa Quarter, Safed (Ẓefat) (pp. 155–223),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 97, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.2052
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol97/iss1/8
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