Donald T. Ariel
Donald Tzvi Ariel is an American-born Israeli numismatist, archaeologist, and former head of the Coin Department of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Biography
Donald T. Ariel was born in Wantagh, New York. He received his BA from Brown University in 1976, his MA from Hebrew University under the supervision of Dan Barag and Ya'akov Meshorer, and his Ph.D. at Tel Aviv University, under the supervision of Alla Kushnir-Stein.Career
Ariel helped excavate and analyze coins and jar handle stamps at numerous sites in Israel, including the Jerusalem and the City of David,, Qumran,, Nysa-Scythopolis,, Bethsaida, and Ascalon. Ariel became the head of the Israel Antiquities Authority coin collection in 1991.Since its founding, Ariel has been the editor-in-chief of the journal Israel Numismatic Research. He has published more than 120 papers on numismatics and archaeology over his career.