GUSH ḤALAV 1948

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Location

City

Jish [גִ'שׁ, גּוּשׁ חָלָב; الجش]

County

Upper Galilee [הגליל העליון .الجليل الأعلى]

Region

Northern [מחוז הצפון ; منطقة الشمال]

Country

Israel

Ancient place

Gischala

Lat/Long/Alt

33.021 / 35.448 / -773.31 view

Location details

Centred on village/city

Information

5502

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Hoard name

GUSH ḤALAV 1948

Alternative names

Gischala, el-Jish, גִ'שׁ, גּוּשׁ חָלָב ,الجش‎‎

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1948

Total number of coins

145

Summary

The hoard comprised 180 tetradrachms (Nero-Macrinus), 22 denarii (Septimius Severus-Geta), and 35 bronze coins (Alexander Severus-Philip I). Details for 145 of the coins have been published.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Israel Antiquities Authority (21: IAA 437; 462-481) (photos)
Finder(s)

Major H. Ophir (Nazareth)
Closing reign (earliest)

Philip I
Terminal year (earliest)

244
Closing reign (latest)

Philip I
Terminal year (latest)

249
Opening year (earliest)

54
Opening year (latest)

68
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Good
Rating comment

Coin level data available in Hamburger 1954.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

The hoard was discovered while the foundations of a house were being dug.
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

"The only available information was that the coins were found inside a pottery jar, while the foundations of a house at Gush Halav were being dug. The jar has not been preserved" (Hamburger 1954, 201).

References

Reference

Hamburger, H. - 1954 - A hoard of Syrian tetradrachms and Tyrian bronze coins from Gush Halav

Reference

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

Ref

No. 47

Comment

Lists the coins as 202 AR and 35 AE (Total 237).

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

Ref

No. 25

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Comment

J. Goldman (July 2016). Dataset IAA R.11 "Gush Halav I". Updated by C. Gazdac (Jan. 2022).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

GUSH ḤALAV 1948

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

"The only available information was that the coins were found inside a pottery jar, while the foundations of a house at Gush Halav were being dug. The jar has not been preserved" (Hamburger 1954, 201).

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

GUSH ḤALAV 1948

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

"The only available information was that the coins were found inside a pottery jar, while the foundations of a house at Gush Halav were being dug. The jar has not been preserved" (Hamburger 1954, 201).

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of the Roman Empire