Coins from the Roman–Early Byzantine Residential Quarter at Oboda (‘Avedat)

The Roman–early Byzantine residential quarter exposed at Oboda (‘Avedat) yielded 236 coins, 113 of which were identified, spanning the Hellenistic and Byzantine periods (third–second centuries BCE–fifth century CE). The earliest coin, a bronze from Aradus, reflects Oboda’s role as a key station along the Nabataean Incense Road connecting Petra with the Mediterranean coast. Nabataean coinage,…