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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

ancient coins

Some of the coins found buried in the foundations an ancient, destroyed Jewish building in Lod, in an image released on June 16, 2024. (Dafna Gazit/IAA)
June 16, 2024, 4:31 pm
Ancient Lod coin hoard reveals details of little-known 4th-century Jewish uprising
94 coins found in a destroyed Jewish public building were buried during the short-lived Gallus Revolt, undertaken by the Jews during a time of Roman civil war
By Gavriel Fiske
Rare silver coin dating from the Persian period (5-6th Centuries BCE), discovered in a First Temple-era house in the Judean Hills, in an image released on January 17, 2024. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
January 17, 2024, 10:14 am
Extremely rare 2,550-year-old silver coin unearthed in Judean Hills
Stone shekel weight and ancient arrowhead also found during excavation of First Temple-era house uncovered during highway expansion
By Gavriel Fiske
A rare bronze medium denomination coin from the reign of Antigonus Mattathias II (40 BCE - 37 BCE), allegedly illegally excavated, after they were recovered from a suspect's home in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem, June 7, 2023. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 7, 2023, 7:19 pm
Looted rare coin from last Hasmonean king seized in raid on suspected thief
IAA says coins minted under Antigonus Mattathias II rarest from period; dozens of other ancient coins from Roman to Muslim periods recovered in search of East Jerusalem home
By Michael Horovitz
A silver half shekel coin of the third year of the Great Revolt against Rome, minted in Jerusalem in 69 CE. (Israel Antiquities Authority/Tal Rogovski)
December 13, 2022, 4:45 pm
Rare silver half-shekel, minted by rebels against Rome in 69 CE, found in Jerusalem
Coin found in remains of building from the Second Temple era, was likely used to pay annual tax for worship at the site; most coins of this type are bronze
By ToI Staff
An 1,850-year-old coin bearing the image of Luna, the goddess of the moon. found off the Carmel Coast. (Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 25, 2022, 10:42 am
Moon goddess Luna rises from waves on rare ancient bronze coin found off Haifa coast
Currency minted during reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius in 2nd century CE; discovered on seabed during survey carried out by Israel Antiquities Authority’s Marine Archaeology Unit
By ToI Staff
The silver coin engraved with a cup and the caption "Israel Shekel" and the letters: Shin and Bet (the second year of the Great Revolt) (Eliyahu Yanai/City of David)
November 23, 2021, 12:52 pm
Rare silver ‘rebel coin,’ maybe minted at Temple 2,000 years ago, found in Jerusalem
Experts suggest shekel coin may have been made by priests assisting Great Revolt against Romans, using precious metal from holy site’s plentiful reserves
By ToI Staff
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe (right) holds a 1,900-year-old coin from the Bar Kochba revolt that he will take to space, standing alongside Eli Eskosido, Director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, August 2021. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
August 19, 2021, 8:02 pm
Israeli astronaut to take 1,900-year-old Bar Kochba revolt coin to space
As part of next year’s Rakia mission to International Space Station, Eytan Stibbe says he’ll bring along ancient artifact as a ‘symbol of Jewish history’
By Michael Bachner
The Yitzchaki family with a 1,500-year-old coin they found at the Korazim archaeological site in northern Israel, August 10, 2021. (Dekel Segev/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
August 10, 2021, 4:58 pm
Girl finds 1,500-year-old coin at Talmud-era Jewish village in northern Israel
Young girl picks up the ancient bronze coin during a scavenger hunt game at ancient community of Korazim, hands it to park officials
By Michael Bachner
A hoard of gold coins dating to the Abbasid Caliphate is pictured during a press presentation of the discovery at an archeological site near Tel Aviv in central Israel (Heidi Levine / POOL / AFP)
November 5, 2020, 9:47 am
WATCH: Israel Antiquities Authority coin head displays treasures from the vault
Dr. Donald T. Ariel joins the ToI Community’s exclusive Behind the Headlines series for a deep dive into early and rare coins found in excavations in Israel
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Israel Antiquities Authority coin department head Dr. Donald T. Ariel. (Shai Halevi/IAA)
November 3, 2020, 5:49 pm
Join the ToI Community for rare sneak peek into Israel’s ancient coin collection
Head of the Coin Department at the Israel Antiquities Authority pulls out treasure from the vaults in this week’s Behind the Headlines series, exclusively for ToI Community members
By ToI Staff
A Hungarian archaeologist, Ferenc Redo, examines a metal coin from a Holocaust victim's collection in the Balatoni Museum in the town of Keszthely, 200 kilometers west of Budapest, Hungary on May 22, 2019. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)
July 21, 2019, 9:51 am
Buried treasure poses Holocaust puzzle for Hungarian museum
Present-day tenants of home owned by Jewish family before the Holocaust find jars containing 2,800 coins from as far back as the Roman Empire and as far away as India
By Peter Murphy
Fourth-grade student Shira Sofer pictured with the ninth-century gold coin she found and archaeologist Achia Cohen-Tavor, May 30, 2019. (Nicole Gutman, Karev Program for Educational Involvement)
June 2, 2019, 2:46 pm
Fourth-grader unearths 9th century gold coin during educational dig
‘I saw something sparkling, so I just picked it up,’ says 10-year-old Shira Sofer, one of hundreds of children taking part in regional archaeology program in central Israel
By ToI Staff
Rare 1,600-year-old gold coin depicting the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II discovered in February 2019 by pupils alongside the Zippori stream in the Galilee. (Nir Distelfeld/Israel Antiquities Authority)
April 16, 2019, 12:13 pm
1,600-year-old gold coin of emperor who abolished Sanhedrin discovered by pupils
Byzantine ruler created the 438 Theodosian law code, which collected the thousands of imperial laws of the sprawling empire and officially made Jews second-class citizens
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The two sides of the ancient coin discovered on February 6, 2019 in the Lachish region, dating back to the Bar Kochba revolt in 133 or 134 CE. (Shiri Burchard)
February 11, 2019, 8:47 pm
Rains unearth rare Bar Kochba-era coin hailing ‘freedom of Israel’
Nature and Parks Authority tour guide stumbles on 1,885-year-old find while on training hike in Lachish region
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
A 2000-year-old coin from the rule of Herod Agrippa, found in Nahal Shilo in the West Bank in January 2019. (COGAT)
January 27, 2019, 12:37 pm
Kid on school trip unearths Second Temple-era coin in West Bank stream
2,000-year-old artifact found in Shilo stream is from the rule of Herod Agrippa, the last king of Judea and grandson of Herod the Great
By Michael Bachner
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