[SunkenCiv]

[nmh]

Very interesting!

“Because of where the coins were found—an empty cave and hidden under a large rock—Eshel says they tell a story: “It appears the people first hid their money before fleeing to caves farther in.” The monetary value of the coins was high enough to buy a house. He assumes the money was abandoned in the cave because it was useless in the barren desert.”

Thanks for the picture too!!!!

[InABunkerUnderSF]

There have been a number of finds recently, mostly gold, mostly “medallion” size pieces all in immaculate condition. It’s enough to make an old coin collector suspicious.

[Michel12]

You do still find a lot of these coins near the dead sea...

[masadaman]

I’m thoroughly puzzled. How can their be “Jewish coins” from 2000 years ago when according to the MSM, Iran, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, the Arab League, Hamas and Hezbollah as well as most of Europe and our State Dept., the land was Palestine which rightfully belongs to the Palestinians?

[jalisco555]

"Bar Kochba never minted his own coins, so what we have here is a Roman coin with the temple and the four species stamped over the portrait of the Roman emperor," Hanan Eshel, who led the digs and is the head of the Jewish Studies and Archaeology Department at Tel Aviv's Bar Ilan University, explained to AP.

Is that right? I thought I'd read somewhere that Bar Kochba did mint coins. They said "Year 1 of the freedom of Jerusalem", "Year 2 of the freedom of Jerusalem", etc. I'm going from memory here but does anybody know for sure?