Review of Callegher, Coins and economy in Magdala/Taricheae from the Hasmoneans to the Umayyad Period

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Coins and economy in Magdala/Taricheae from the Hasmoneans to the Umayyad Period.

Bruno Callegher, Coins and economy in Magdala/Taricheae from the Hasmoneans to the Umayyad Period. Novum Testamentum et orbis antiquus. Series archaeologica, 9. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2023. Pp. 405. ISBN 9783525501931.

Review by
Amit Gvaryahu, University of Copenhagen. amgv@theol.ku.dk

... Contrary to its title, this book is not chiefly about the economy of Magdala or even the role of coins within it. It is at heart a catalog of all the coins found in the digs. ...

Cross-file under Numismatics.

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