Following the coins from the excavations at Khirbet Qumran (1951–1956) and Aïn Feshkha (1956–1958)
The Qumran coins (hoard and single finds) are worthy of a novel. They were perfectly examined by H. Seyrig and A. Spijkerman, then the popular conviction spread that the coins had been lost. In fact, they were always kept where they had been classified. Now they are finally published and provide the...