Coins from the Excavations of the Byzantine Street (Area S2), City of David, Jerusalem

Key Points

• This research aims to date the construction of the Byzantine street in the City of David using retrieved coins.
• Coins were excavated from beneath a stone-paved street in Area S2 of the City of David.
• Numismatic analysis was performed on the coins to establish their chronological context.
• Dates covered various excavation strata from the first to eighth centuries CE.
• Few coins from the pre-street phase provided precise construction dates.
• The analysis indicated a range of dates for the excavation strata between the first and eighth centuries CE.
• Coins added valuable data to the existing assemblage from Givʻati Parking Lot excavations.