2nd Earthquake
The "2nd Eartrhquake" at el-Lejjun appears to have struck between
about 450 and 530 CE and produced collapsed walls, arches, and roofs.
The earthquake likely struck before the
legion was demobilized around 530 CE, a date suggested by
Procopius and cited by
Parker (2006:121).
Parker observed that the latest closely dateable Byzantine
coins [in overlying Stratum III] are issues of Justinian I
dated 534–565
. Thus, the terminus ante quem
for this event is ~530 CE.
Parker (2006:120) established a
terminus post quem
of ~450 CE by dating the underlying Stratum IV to
the 5th century CE, recovering a few early 5th-century
coins, with none dating between 450 and 491 CE.
Parker (2006:120)
noted a relative scarcity of 5th-century coinage, describing
this as a regional phenomenon.