Note on Two Types of Lead Currency from Late Roman/Early Byzantine Palestine (Fifth Century CE)

Abstract

The author discusses two types of local lead currency, recently excavated in Khirbet Qeiyafa,
and dated to the fifth century CE. One type, which is cast and derives from cut up pieces
of mirror frames, was previously published but was not identified as a currency of the fifth
century CE. The second type discussed here is a hitherto unknown struck issue.