Rare silver coin from Jewish revolt found

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A rare silver coin from the second year of the Jewish revolt was found by a young teenager in Israel. It may have historical significance.

 

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“The silver coin weighs about 14 grams. On one side is an inscription of a cup with the caption ‘Israeli shekel’ and next to the cup are the letters ‘ש”ב’ — shorthand for ‘second year’ — the second year of the Great Revolt of the Jews against the Romans (67-68 CE).”

“This is a rare find, since out of many thousands of coins discovered to date in archeological excavations, only about 30 coins are coins made of silver, from the period of the Great Revolt,” said Dr. Robert Kool, head of the Coin Department at the Israel Antiquities Authority.”

“The rare coin was found on the ‘Pilgrimage Road’ in the City of David by Liel Krutokop from Petah Tikva, who came with her parents and sister to do archeological sifting.

 

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“We poured the bucket with the dirt on the strainer, and as we filtered the stones that were inside, I saw something round,” Liel said.”

 

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“Dr. Robert Kool suggested that the coin may have been minted at the plaza of the holy site by one of the priests who worked in coordination with the rebel leaders, providing them with assistance.

“Where else could you find silver in such quantity and such high quality in those days? Only in the Temple. If so, we can say with caution that this coin is, apparently, one of the only items we hold today that originated on the Temple [Mount] itself,” Kool said.

The choice to use ancient Hebrew script, which was no longer in use at the time, is not accidental,” Kool said. “The use of this script came to express the longing of the people of the period for the days of David and Solomon and the days of a united Jewish kingdom — days when the people of Israel had full independence in the land.”  

 

         

https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-silver-rebel-coin-maybe-minted-at-temple-2000-years-ago-found-in-jerusalem/

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/great-revolt-coin-10343.html

 

 

Edited January 28 by guy