Israel Police bust coin counterfeiting ring, 4 suspects arrested
Suspects allegedly converted a factory in Ashdod into a facility to manufacture counterfeit five-shekel and 10-shekel coins.
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Thousands of ancient coins recovered in raid on Ashkelon jewelry store
Inspectors from Antiquities Authority's Robbery Prevention Unit used digital media to track down the man, whom they also suspect was ...
Ancient coins could upend theories about what followed Roman sack of Jerusalem
Archaeological survey in northeast part of the Binyamin Regional Council reveals two coins that could indicate that Jews continued to ...
Rare coin pilgrims used to pay Temple tax found in Old City of Jerusalem
Ancient Hebrew, Greek, and Latin texts frequently mention the Tyre coin or Tyrian shekel, but only a few have ever ...
IDF soldier finds rare Roman coin during training exercise
"The coin discovered is one of the municipal coins minted in the city of Geva," explains lecturer in classical archaeology ...
Gold coins dating to early Islamic era delight archaeologists at Yavne dig
'Hanukkah gelt' dates back to the Abbasid Caliphate of the 9th century CE and includes one gold dinar of the ...
Rare coin minted 1,900 years ago discovered in Jerusalem
A cache of bronze coins were unearthed in a cave by the Temple Mount in 2018, from the second and ...