The silver and bronze coins were likely hidden by someone during the revolt. (Live Science)Image credit: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority
Posted on 06/29/2024 4:13:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A hoard of 1,700-year-old coins has been discovered in central Israel by researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), according to a Live Science report. The 94 silver and bronze coins, which date to between A.D. 221 and 354, had been hidden in a public building in Lod, a city known to the Romans as Diospolis. The building is thought to have been destroyed during the last known Jewish revolt against Roman rule, known as the Gallus Revolt, for Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus, who ruled the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire at the time. The cities of Tiberias and Sepphoris were attacked, in addition to the city of Lod. “This is essentially an emergency hoard, meaning a hoard that people hide in anticipation of a catastrophic event,” said IAA archaeologist Mor Viezel. Many of the coins were minted during the years of the revolt, from A.D. 351 to 354, he added.
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The silver and bronze coins were likely hidden by someone during the revolt. (Live Science)Image credit: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority
Where did it originally come from?
I believe they are Roman. The writer did not mention it due to be either stupid or lazy. This is how easy the writer could have fixed their mistake.
“The 94 silver and bronze (Roman) coins...
The Roman soldiers were paid to go off and fight. They buried the money they were paid and never came back. This was very common. Those coins are worth next to nothing.
I’d like to have a dozen of those “worth next to nothing” coins.
I do not know about the bronze, but if some coins were actually silver wouldn’t they be worth their weight in silver?
That is a whole Lod of coinage!.....
Oh, Lord, stuck in Lod-i, again......
All of my hoards have turned out to be clusters of bottle caps.
How does this hoard workout v. Inflation over the millennia?
Should they have bought Meta?
Any talk-show hosts gained commissions?
Right. I bought silver coins like that on eBay for $30
Try eBay. Search for ancient Roman coins.
In Kuwait, an antique store had a box full of Roman coins. At the time, you could buy a handful for 1 Dinar, $3 USD. Once the Americans found out, they sold out, and any remaining Roman artifacts increased in price.
Good idea...thanks. I wouldn’t mind having a few just for fun. They’d end up in a drawer for years Lol
A few, three or four would make a nice little shadow box display to hang on the wall, a good conversation starter
You’re right. 1500 year old group of 5 Roman coins for $19.95.
On second thought, I wouldn’t pay that much for them.
Coins of that age in almost uncirculated condition. There is some value there.
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