1,900 Year-Old Coin Found in Jerusalem

JNS : Jul 5, 2018
Breaking Israel News

"The coin was found exactly in the same place that ‎Jews had been hiding in the drainage channel under ‎the street." -Reut Vilf of the ‎City of David Foundation

[BreakingIsraelNews.com] A rare coin minted 1,949 years ago was found last ‎week ‎in a dig in the City of ‎David in ‎Jerusalem.‎ (Image: 1,949 year-old coin found at the Emek Zurim sifting project/ Credit: City of David archive/via BIN)

Reut Vilf of the ‎City of David Foundation said the ‎coin, discovered ‎in the sewage system ‎running ‎beneath ancient ‎Jerusalem, dates back to the year 69 ‎[AD], the fourth year ‎of the Jewish revolt against ‎Rome and the year in ‎which the rebels despaired.‎

According to Israeli media reports, a cache of ‎bronze coins from that time was found in 2014 in a ‎village near Jerusalem and more were unearthed in a ‎cave by the Temple Mount in 2018, from the second and ‎fourth years of the rebellion.‎

The coin found last week bears an inscription ‎ancient Hebrew lettering reading "For the Redemption ‎of Zion" and a depiction of a chalice. ‎

Its other side depicts the "Four Species" used in...

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