Numismatic Evidence for Instability in Judea under Alexander Yanai (?) A Hasmonean-Period Coin Hoard from Tel Bet Shemesh (East)

Abstract

This paper presents a small bronze coin hoard found during recent salvage excavations at Tel Bet Shemesh (East). As of this writing, this hoard is unique in that its Hasmonean coins are all of the same general type: double cornucopias/inscription within wreath. In addition, its concealment date, during the reign of Alexander Yanai, probably before mid-80s BCE, is so far unknown from other hoards.