This is the third volume dedicated to the excavations at Mount Gerizim, which began in the early 1980s and lasted for 25 years. The book describes thousands of coins that have been discovered in the excavations at Mount Gerizim, from the Persian period in the fifth century BCE until the end of the Byzantine period, the seventh century CE. The first section in the book is dedicated to the history of Mount Gerizim and Samaritans, from the destruction of Samaria until the Samaritan revolt in the Byzantine period. The numismatic section includes a comprehensive discussion of the coins that have been discovered in the excavations, it also an elaborated catalogue of the coins organized by chronology, mints and types. |