Liber Annuus 64 (2014) 547-557
Ariel Berman - Donald T. Ariel
Appendix 3: Coins from Excavations inside Jaffa Gate of Old City Jerusalem
One hundred and two coins were found in the excavations, 33 unidentifiable. The coins were cleaned in the laboratories of the IAA, by Lena Kuperschmidt, and were photographed by Clara Amit of the IAA photography studio.
Of the pre-Byzantine period coins the stratigraphical context of only two coins deserve mention: The only first Jewish revolt coins (Nos. 6-7) were found in the same basket on the bedrock near the ‘upper aqueduct’. Related to the Byzantine phase of the aqueduct are two poorly preserved 4th-5th century CE coins (Nos. 16-17), also from the same basket. The continued use of the Byzan-tine Decumanus into the Ayyubid period is also supported by the excavation on the Decumanus of two fulūs – of Maḥmūd b. Zangī (1146-1174 CE; No. 28) and Al-Nasir I Yusuf Salaḥ al-Dīn (1174 CE; No. 32).
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The coins are arranged chronologically, according to coin-types. All of the coins are bronze, except Nos. 22-23, which are billon, and No. 52, which is silver. Coins bearing an asterisk have photographs in Figure.
Appendix 3: Coins from Excavations inside Jaffa Gate of Old City Jerusalem 549
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ashq
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980:
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N
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m)
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bids
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te o
f Egy
ptA
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AH
570
–589
/ 117
4–11
93
CE,
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254
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alog
198
0: 9
3,
No.
145
1360
17
34-
3520
8 (2
26);
210
(229
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589
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193
CE
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alog
198
0: 9
4,
No.
148
1359
92-
94
Al-N
asir
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al-D
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the
Cal
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asir
AH
575
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0–12
25 C
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-37
210
(229
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217
(244
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198
0: 9
7,
No.
160
1359
98,
1360
0738
207
222
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me
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89
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3 C
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198
0: 9
7,
No.
161
1359
91
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Uth
mān
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h Im
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l-Dīn
A
H 5
89–5
95 /
1193
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8 C
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210
236
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ter: يو
\ رص
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95
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8 C
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Dim
ashq
Cf.
Bal
og 1
980:
113
, N
o. 2
2313
6000
Selju
qs o
f Rūm
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hiya
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588
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2–11
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601
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5–12
11 C
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210
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7:
No.
957
1359
96
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m)
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tR
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ence
/ N
otes
IAA
No.
Ayyū
bids
Sul
tana
te o
f Egy
ptA
l-Kam
il M
uḥam
mad
I N
asir
al-D
īn
AH
615
–635
/ 121
8–12
37 C
E, F
als
4120
424
13.
1118
×22
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5985
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uḥam
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Bak
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l-Dīn
AH
596
–615
/ 120
0–12
18 C
E, fa
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*21
924
65.
2925
Cen
ter:
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ter :
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ن ار ب
بكو
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تة س
نةس
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596
=1
199
CE
Ḥar
ran
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Bal
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980:
145
, N
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6113
6015
43*
210
229/
85.
5424
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ter :
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CE
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980:
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, N
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1913
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7522
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CE
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198
0: 1
35,
No.
320
1360
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1624
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f. B
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198
0: 1
35,
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320
1360
13
46-
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7 (2
44);
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608
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211
CE
Sam
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f. B
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198
0: 1
36,
No.
322
1360
08,
1359
93,
1360
09
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IAA
No.
Prin
cipa
lity
of A
lepp
oA
l-Zah
ir G
hiya
th a
l-Dīn
AH
582
–613
/ 118
6–12
16 C
E,C
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the
Cal
iph
al-N
asir
AH
575
–622
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80–1
225,
fals
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210
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605
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208
CE
Ḥal
abC
f. B
alog
198
0: 2
15,
No.
672
1360
02
Prin
cipa
lity
of H
amah
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ansū
r M
uḥam
mad
II
AH
642
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/ 124
4–12
84 C
E,C
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the
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rlor
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l-Sal
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yyūb
c. A
H 6
42–6
47 /
1244
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9, fa
ls
50-
5120
6 (2
24);
222
(251
)ور
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مللا
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[Ḥam
ah]
Cf.
Kor
n 19
98: 2
0,
Nos
. 107
-112
1360
20,
1360
18
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bids
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erta
in, s
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cent
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men
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13
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022
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me
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o.
Loc.
No.
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o.W
eigh
t(g
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m)
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bver
seRe
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(CE)
Min
tR
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ence
/ N
otes
IAA
No.
Mam
lūks
Al-S
āliḥ
Ism
āīl
Imād
al-D
īn A
H 7
43–7
46/ 1
342–
1345
C
E, fa
ls
5620
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02.
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الن \
طاسل
ال]
Illeg
ible
AH
745
=1
344
CE
Al-
Qah
irah
Cf.
Bal
og 1
964:
172
, N
os. 2
85-2
8613
5982
Al-M
ansū
r M
uḥam
mad
Sal
aḥ a
l-Dīn
A
H 7
62–7
64/ 1
361–
1363
CE,
fals
5720
422
01.
0414
Upp
er se
gmen
t:امة
بحC
entra
l:ر]
صوملن
ك املل
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wer
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Part
of h
orse
trot
ting
to l.
Und
ated
Ḥam
ahC
f. B
alog
196
4: 2
06,
No.
393
1359
81
Al-A
shra
f Sha
ban
Nas
ir a
l-Dīn
AH
764
–778
/ 136
3–13
77
CE,
fals
58*- 59
204
(220
); Su
rf.
In c
ente
r car
touc
he:
ن\ ب
ن س
حA
roun
d:ان
عب ش
فرش
االك
مللن ا
طاسل
ال
Cen
ter:
بد \
قش
مب \
رضSa
me
Dim
ashq
Cf.
Bal
og 1
964:
221
, N
o. 4
5813
5983
, 13
6022
Al-Z
ahir
Bar
qūq
Sayf
al-D
īn, 1
st r
eign
A
H 7
84–7
91/ 1
382–
1389
CE,
fals
6020
220
173.
8919
×20
ر \اه
لظك ا
ملل\ ا
ن طا
سلال
ققو
بر [\
د عي
سبو
[ اة \
ريند
سك \
برض
]---
ة ]امئ
بع س
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sing
Iska
ndar
iya
Cf.
Bal
og 1
964:
257
, N
os. 5
56-5
713
5978
6120
422
01.
2413
×17
Illeg
ible
Hex
agra
mSa
me
]Dim
ashq
[C
f. B
alog
196
4: 2
58,
Nos
. 559
-561
; hal
f a
coin
1359
80
556 Ariel Berman - Donald T. Ariel
Cat
. N
o.
Loc.
No.
Reg
.N
o.W
eigh
t(g
)D
iam
.(m
m)
Axi
sO
bver
seRe
vers
eD
ate
(CE)
Min
tR
efer
ence
/ N
otes
IAA
No.
Al-N
asir
Abu
al-S
aada
t Far
aj N
asir
al-D
īn,
2nd
reig
nA
H 8
09–8
15/ 1
406–
1412
CE,
fals
6221
724
4/7
1.34
10×1
8In
ner c
ircle
:رج
فIll
egib
le
AH
811
=1
408
CE
Sam
eC
f. B
alog
196
4: 2
87,
No.
651
;ha
lf a
coin
1360
11
6320
422
03.
1019
×22
Illeg
ible
Ill
egib
le13
5984
Unc
lear
Mam
lūk
Rul
er, f
als
6420
220
172.
8617
انلط
س[ال
---[
Illeg
ible
End
14th
ce
ntur
y13
5979
65-
6921
8 (2
58);
217
(244
/5);
228
(263
/3);
204
(241
); 20
2 (2
016)
Illeg
ible
Illeg
ible
Sam
e13
6012
, 13
6010
, 13
6019
, 13
5986
, 13
6488
Appendix 3: Coins from Excavations inside Jaffa Gate of Old City Jerusalem 557
Cat
. N
o.
Loc.
No.
Reg
.N
o.W
eigh
t(g
)D
iam
.(m
m)
Axi
sO
bver
seRe
vers
eD
ate
(CE)
Min
tR
efer
ence
/ N
otes
IAA
No.
Al-N
asir
Abu
al-S
aada
t Far
aj N
asir
al-D
īn,
2nd
reig
nA
H 8
09–8
15/ 1
406–
1412
CE,
fals
6221
724
4/7
1.34
10×1
8In
ner c
ircle
:رج
فIll
egib
le
AH
811
=1
408
CE
Sam
eC
f. B
alog
196
4: 2
87,
No.
651
;ha
lf a
coin
1360
11
6320
422
03.
1019
×22
Illeg
ible
Ill
egib
le13
5984
Unc
lear
Mam
lūk
Rul
er, f
als
6420
220
172.
8617
انلط
س[ال
---[
Illeg
ible
End
14th
ce
ntur
y13
5979
65-
6921
8 (2
58);
217
(244
/5);
228
(263
/3);
204
(241
); 20
2 (2
016)
Illeg
ible
Illeg
ible
Sam
e13
6012
, 13
6010
, 13
6019
, 13
5986
, 13
6488
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