A New Assemblage of Cut Gold Fragments from the Crusader Period

Abstract

This paper discusses an assemblage of 46 cut gold pieces from the Crusader period. The majority
are cuttings of Fatimid dinars and quarter dinars (27 specimens), but there also 17 Frankish
gold pieces and one fraction of an Abbasid and a Byzantine coin respectively. For the first time,
detailed attributions of the Islamic component of this parcel are provided. While the findspot
and integrity of this assemblage are unknown, a peculiar grayish patination indicates that most
of the pieces share a common provenance.