Bankers Lane

Description

A busy thoroughfare in Alexandria where local money changers operate behind low tables heaped with coins and brass scales. Yaqub ben Ezra, an elderly Jewish money changer, works here — weighing every coin, biting the doubtful ones, and testing for clippings before taking his commission with a shrug.

Notable Features

• Low tables piled with coin and brass weighing scales.
• Home to independent money changers operating outside the formal British banking system.

Connections

Two doors from The Amphora, and around the corner from the Bank of England, Alexandria Branch — a fact Nathaniel Holt discovered after realizing Yusuf was skimming a commission on transactions here.

Appearances

Relationships

• Part of Alexandria — A commercial thoroughfare within the city of Alexandria.