Review of Fontanille, The Yehud coinage

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: The Yehud coinage: a study and die classification of the provincial silver coinage of Judah.

Haim Gitler, Catharine Lorber, Jean-Philippe Fontanille, The Yehud coinage: a study and die classification of the provincial silver coinage of Judah. Numismatic studies and researches, 12. Jerusalem: The Israel Numismatic Society, 2023. Pp. xii, 532. ISBN 9789655982299.

Review by
David Hendin, American Numismatic Society. dhendin@numismatics.org

This comprehensive 532-page volume, weighing over 3 kilograms, is dedicated to the smallest coins ever minted in the Southern Levant—the Yehud coins, most of which weigh less than half a gram. The book explores the historical, numismatic, and archaeological contexts of these minuscule coins in meticulous detail. The small silver Yehud coins were the first coins struck in the ancient land of Judah by local officials.

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