Ghazzat hoard
The Ghazzat hoard or Gaza hoard is a hoard of about 30 Archaic and early Classical Greek and Lycian silver coins discovered underwater near the shore of Gaza, Palestine.
The coins belong to a rather narrow period, from the end of the 6th century BCE, to the first quarter of the 5th century BCE. The suggested deposition date for the entire hoard is circa 480 BCE.
There is a large proportion of Macedonian, Thracian and Chalcidian coins in the hoard, the presence of which is considered as a consequence of the invasion of the Balkans by the Achaemenid Empire between 514-479 BCE. Alternatively, they may have diffused mainly after the Greco-Persian wars.
