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 ...
Tag: numismatics
Tel Aviv suburb was farmland in Byzantine era, excavation reveals
Salvage dig ahead of construction of Naveh Gan neighborhood in Ramat Hasharon turns up wine vat, storage jugs, stone tools, ...
Man discovers ancient treasure trove while camping on beach
Yotam Dahan receives certificate of appreciation from Israel Antiquities Authority for delivering 13-lb. lump of ancient coins that had been ...
Seminary students dig up Second Temple finds near Beit El
Finds indicate presence of Jewish community in various periods of history.
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 ...