Three Coin Hoards from Ḥorbat Ashun and Their Archaeological and Historical Context

Abstract

The excavations at Ḥorbat Ashun exposed the remains of a rural settlement that existed between the Early Hellenistic and the Late Roman periods. Three coin hoards were found: Hoard A: 16 silver Seleukid coins minted in Tyre (135–125 BCE); Hoard B: eight silver and bronze coins (59/60–138 CE); and Hoard C: three gold dinars minted in Damascus under the Umayyad rulers Al-Walid and Suleiman b. ᷾Abd al-Malik (705–715 CE). The article presents the three coin hoards, describes the archaeological contexts in which they were found, and discusses the possible historical circumstances for their deposition.