Four Month Salary in Coins Found
Dec 28, 2020
2 minutes
Had you been a common laborer living in Jerusalem during the transition period between when the city was controlled by the Sunni Abbasid caliphate and the Shiite Fatimid dynasty one gold dinar would likely be the equivalent to a month’s salary. Four of the coins would likely be the monthly salary for a minor official. Finding four such coins today in a small pottery jar
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