SEE IT: Ancient Coin with 'Face of Jesus' Discovered

Caleb Parke : Dec 8, 2023
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Archeologists believe the Jesus coin was minted between 977 and 1025, based on the design element commonly used during that time period: the three dotted lines on the coin's border.

[CalebParke.com] An extremely rare 1,000-year-old Byzantine gold coin with the "face of Jesus" was unearthed [with] a metal [detector] in the mountains of Norway. (Image: Unsplash-Myriam Zilles)

The coin, which was first introduced around AD 960, depicts Jesus holding a Bible on one side and the images of Basil II and Constantine VII, brothers who ruled the Byzantine Empire.

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The "histamenon nomisma," or standard coin, has two inscriptions on it:

One in Latin that says, "Jesus Christ, King of those who reign," and one in Greek that says, "Basil and Constantine, emperors of the Romans."

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Archeologists believe the Jesus coin was minted between 977 and 1025, based on the design element commonly used during that time period: the three dotted lines on the coin's border. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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The site will be investigated next year to help figure out how the coin wound up on the mountain.

Caleb Parke is a Newsmax correspondent. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and connect with him at calebparke.com.