AHacksilber and Cut Athenian Tetradrachm Hoard from the Environs of Samaria: Late Fourth Century BCE

Abstract

Ahoard from the vicinity of Samaria illustrates that the practice of using cut coins alongside
broken pieces of silver ingots and jewelry (Hacksilber) continued into the second
half of the fourth century BCE. Both the Hacksilber and the cut coins must have circulated
as bullion and thus involved weighing in transactions. Prior to this discovery, mixed
hoards of this period were composed mainly of uncut coins supplemented by Hacksilber
in equal or greater quantities.