Ancient Discovery: Coins Dating to Time of Ezra Unearthed in Jerusalem

Michael Foust : Jun 5, 2018
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"We have now found three whole coins, along with two eroded ones, apparently from the same series, and assume we'll find more in the future." -Zachi Dvira of the Temple Mount Sifting Project

Five coins dating to the time of Ezra have been discovered in Jerusalem in what one expert is calling a rare find. (Screengrab: close up of one of the coins/Credit: Zachi Dvira/ YNetNews)

The coins measure about seven millimeters across and date to the fourth century B.C., the Israeli news website YNETNews reported. Three of the five coins are intact and legible.

The discovery doubles the number of coins previously found.

"Throughout the 150 years of archeological digs all across the sites of ancient Jerusalem, only five of these coins were ever found"...

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