YAFIAH

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Location

City

Yafa an-Naseriyye [יָפִיעַ‎; يافة الناصرة]

County

Lower Galilee [הגליל התחתון; الجليل الأعلى]

Region

Northern [מחוז הצפון ; منطقة الشمال]

Country

Israel

Lat/Long/Alt

32.684322549709 / 35.274335761667 / 305.3 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

8081

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/8081

Hoard name

YAFIAH

Alternative names

Iafa, Jafiya, Yafi'a

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

25 Jul 1870

Total number of coins

159

Summary

The hoard comprised 159 coins: 55 Syrian tetradrachms (Caracalla to Trebonianus Gallus) and 104 antoniniani (Trebonianus Gallus to Maximian), found in a pot in an underground beneath a church in Iafa, near Nazareth.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Built over
Closing reign (earliest)

Maximian (RIC V)
Terminal year (earliest)

286
Closing reign (latest)

Maximian (RIC V)
Terminal year (latest)

295
Opening year (earliest)

215
Opening year (latest)

217
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

References

Reference

de Saucy, F. - 1868 - Trouvaille de Iafa de Galilée, près Nazareth

Ref

350-369

Comment

Publication of the hoard.

Reference

Noe, S.P. - 1937 - A Bibliography of Greek Coin Hoards (2nd ed.)

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134; no. 490

Reference

Kadman, L. - 1967 - The Monetary Development in Palestine in the Light of Coin Hoards

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No. 54

Reference

Waner, M. - 1998 - Roman and Byzantine Coin Hoards From the Land of Israel. Catalogue and Analysis (in Hebrew)

Reference

Waner, M. and Safrai, Z. - 2001 - A Catalogue of Coin Hoards and the Shelf Life of Coins in Palestine Hoards during the Roman and Byzantine Periods

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No. 32

Comment

"Jafi’ah (Galilee)"

Reference

Butcher, K. - 2004 - Coinage in Roman Syria: Northern Syria, 64 BC - AD 253

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p. 278, no. 54

Reference

Bland, R. - 2023 - The Coinage of Gordian III from the Mints of Antioch and Caesarea

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pp. 459-60, Hoard U

J. Goldman (Oct. 2016), summary level info added by M. Spoerri (Aug. 2020 / June 2024).

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