A Hoard of Alexander II Zabinas Coins from Tell Iẓṭabba (Bet She’an), Israel
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This paper discusses a recently discovered coin hoard in the German-Israeli Tell Iẓṭabba
Excavation Project whose copper-alloyed coins belong to the days of Alexander II Zabinas
(129/8–124/3 BCE). The hoard is discussed in light of Tell Iẓṭabba’s history and archaeology —
as a settlement founded in the Seleucid period and destroyed by John Hyrcanus in 108/7 BCE.