3 Haim Gitler, Mati Johananoff, and Oren Tal: Analysis of Samarian Coins from the Late Persian Period Found in Archaeological Excavations
Thirty-five late Persian period Samarian coins have been found in six controlled excavations, indicating a relatively limited geographical distribution within the southern Levant. Their distribution pattern also highlights the centrality of the religious center at Mount Gerizim, where more than 80% of the coins were found. Other sites, where mostly a single specimen of a Samarian issue was found, are Elyakhin, Dor, Gan Soreq, Jerusalem and Khirbet Qeiyafa. Several corrections to previous identifications and attributions of these finds are suggested. In addition, a comparison between the distribution patterns of Samarian coins and that of Philistian and Yehud coins is offered.
 

41 Nikolaus Schindel: A Rare Nabatean Coin Type
A bronze coin issued by the Nabatean usurper Syllaios (c. 9–6 BCE) depicts King Obodas II on the obverse, as can be learned from the Nabatean letter accompanying his bust. The reverse depicts a bust with Roman hairstyle and Roman armor. Although the name Syllaios appears on this side, it is more likely that the bust is that of Emperor Augustus. The irregular flan form suggests a provenance from a mint other than Petra.
 

49 David M. Jacobson: Identification of Portraits on Early Roman Coins of Nysa-Skythopolis
This paper examines the early Roman portrait coins struck at Nysa-Skythopolis. The earliest coin series has been generally associated with the Roman governor of Syria and protégé of Pompey, Aulus Gabinius. In this study, the era used on those coins with dates is re-evaluated and the portraits are compared with those found on coins struck elsewhere in the Levant during the period of the late Roman Republic. It is argued that these early coins from Nysa-Skythopolis employ a Caesarean rather than a Pompeian era and the heads depicted are those of the Imperators Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and Octavian Caesar.
 

65 Yoav Farhi and Alexander Kaplun: Why Cornucopias Were Erased from Coins of Neapolis Under Domitian
This paper presents a rare case of the intentional erasure of part of the reverse design on a coin type of Neapolis in Samaria struck under Domitian. The case is discussed and possible explanations are offered.
 

71 D dvir Raviv and Boaz Zissu: An Update on the Geographical Distribution of the Coins Minted by the Bar Kokhba Administration in Judea
This paper examines 63 coins overstruck by the Bar Kokhba administration, recently discovered at 19 sites across Judea. Notably, 15 of these coins, found at seven different sites, are presented for the first time. An analysis of the distribution and dating of these coins reveals, for the first time, that Jewish rebels were active throughout Judea — from the Be’er Sheva‘ Valley in the south to the Toparchy of ‘Aqrabat (Acrabat) in the north — at least until the third year of the war.
 

89 Ronit Palistrant Shaick: Kadmos in Sidon: Local Myth in Service of Political Agenda with Comparisons to Parallel Representations from the Same Period in Tyre
Sidon first depicted the mythical hero Kadmos in 117 CE, showcasing him — for political purposes — as he is departing the city. I explore why Sidon chose to present the hero at that time, and how and why Tyre later imitated the type under Elagabalus. A new identification of another coin type depicting Kadmos (with legend), suggests that the figure facing him there (reading POE) personified the Punic demos. The scene thus creatively proclaims a Sidonian alliance with the Severans (of Punic origin) as well as presents Kadmos as representative of the Sidonians. Another scene previously identified as Atargatis may depict Kadmos fighting a lion.
 

111 Achim Lichtenberger: Pella on the Nymphaios (Pella pros Nymphaio): A New Potamonym in the Dekapolis
The Antonine-Severan bronze coins of Pella in the Dekapolis reveal an unusual name for the city (Pella pros nymph...), which has so far been interpreted as meaning that the city was named after a building, a nymphaion, a building also depicted on contemporaneous coins of the city. However, this article argues that the legend should be interpreted as referring to a river called Nymphaios. This potamonym was previously unknown and probably refers to the Wadi Jirm al-Muz.
 

121 Danny Syon, Mordechai Aviam, R. Steven Notley, and Achia Kohn-Tavor: A Tri-Metal Second-Century-CE Coin Hoard from el-A‘araj–Bethsaida
This paper presents and analyzes an unusual hoard comprising 70 gold, silver and bronze coins found in the excavations at el-A‘araj, the probable site of Bethsaida. The evidence is weighed for its date of deposition, the reasons for its unusual composition and whether it is an emergency or a savings hoard. Some insights are offered for coin circulation in the mid-second century CE in eastern Galilee. A short introduction is provided on the history of the site and the context of the hoard.
 

149 A alexander Kaplun and Yoav Farhi: The Coinage of Tiberias under Commodus: New Types and a Comprehensive Catalogue
The coins struck in Tiberias under Commodus are relatively rare in many public collections. This paper provides a systematic analysis of these coins and a comprehensive corpus, including some previously unpublished types.
 

167 Mikhail G. Abramzon, Vladimir D. Kuznetsov, and Sergey N. Ostapenko: Coins from the Roman-Byzantine Synagogue at Phanagoria, the Cimmerian Bosporus
Fifty-six Bosporan coins retrieved during the excavation season of the ancient diasporic synagogue at Phanagoria are discussed. Almost all the coins are bronze staters minted in the names of Thothorses (285/6‒309/10 CE), Rhadamsades (309/10‒318/9 CE) and Rhescuporis VI (318/9‒341/2 CE). A hoard of 13 staters was discovered in a hidden compartment in the floor of the prayer hall. Two dozen coins were scattered under the floors of the synagogue. Others came probably from a kuppah (charity box) as they were found with what might have been its cover. In the middle of the sixth century, the synagogue perished in a huge fire.
 

193 David Woods: Redating the Jerusalem Folles of Heraclius
It is argued that two types of follis struck in Jerusalem in the name of Heraclius as augustus were struck in 610/1 CE rather than in 613/4 as has traditionally been assumed. These types are clearly dated to a year 4, but this is not a regnal year, nor an indictional year, but rather a date calculated according to a revolutionary dating system used during the last years of the revolt of the Heraclii (607–610 CE). These coin types celebrate the Heraclian seizure of Jerusalem from forces loyal to Emperor Phocas (602–610 CE) and have nothing to do with the Persians.
 

201 Nikolaus Schindel: The Earliest Umayyad Post-Reform Coin Type from Baysan
This paper discusses a group of Umayyad fulūs of peculiar style that are often overstruck on Arab-Byzantine folles and half folles from Skythopolis-Baysan (modern Bet-She’an). One specimen was found in Jerash, yet an attribution to the mint of Baysan is more likely. Some comments are offered on the earliest post-reform fulūs and the methods by which to attribute them to specific mints.
 

207 Edward E. Cohen: Mapping the Earliest Paths of Place-value Numbers Across West Asia, Part Two: the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
In this second of two articles, a new technique considers Nagari and Hindu-Arabic numerals on medieval coins to identify the earliest paths for transmitting place-value numbers town by town and year by year. The first article developed paths from Anatolia and the Crimean Peninsula eastward to the border of China during the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries CE. This second article traces a southern path in the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries westward from India to Aden on the Arabian Peninsula and continuing to southern Persia. The acceptance of place-value numbers in Cairo stemmed from the Crimean Peninsula.
 

225 David J. Wasserstein: Minting of Islamic Coins According to the Nineteenth-Century Judeo-Arabic Account of Ḥayyim Ḥabshush and a Probable Citation of a Passage on Minting From an Unknown Late Medieval Arabic Work
A late nineteenth-century account of the travels in Yemen of Joseph Halévy, written by his local guide Ḥayyim Ḥabshush, contains a short account of minting. The passage is studied here in detail, and it is argued that, despite implications to the contrary, probably it does not reflect personal experience but is a quotation, possibly verbatim, from a late medieval Arabic work, possibly from Egypt.