Nectar!
Posted on 12/21/2016 6:55:59 AM PST by Eleutheria5
A bronze coin that was in circulation in the time of King Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who decreed that the Jews must be annihilated and during whose reign the Maccabean revolt made famous in the Chanukah story took place, has been discovered at the Tower of David archaeological site in Jerusalem.
The discovery, made during routine maintenance work, was a surprise to archaeologists working at the Tower of David citadel. The archaeologists believed they had thoroughly excavated the site during the last few decades. Nevertheless, chief conservator Orna Cohen noticed a metal object among the stones of the Hasmonean Wall inside the citadel. A careful examination revealed that it was a bronze prutah, a coin that was used more than 2,000 years ago.
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A coin laying in a Jewish temple for over 2000 years, now that is remarkable. Sorry, couldn’t help it.
Yeah, but that doesn’t prove that Jerusalem belongs to Israel does it? When’s the new US Embassy open there?
You’re lucky Jews have a self-deprecating sense of humor:-)
Is further proof necessary?
I’ve recently taken to buying, cleaning and collecting old roman coins. Pretty cool to watch the coin appear after long stretches of soaking and cleaning them.
Orna never heard of a metal detector.
Nectar!
Ouch.
I wasn’t thinking THAT, but I was wondering if we are leaving coins all over the place.
I know throughout my life I’ve let a couple of dollars worth of pennies go up into the vaccum, and eventually out the door to the dump.
2,000 years from now, our landfills are going to be popular places.
I am no coin collector, but doesn’t the cleaning part ruin their value?
Must have been dropped by some Jewish merchant trying to sell goods in the ancient Palestinian Empire. We all know Jews have no history in the land. I read it in the NYT so it must be true.
Cool.
Artifacts always stimulate interest in the subject.
Yeah let the patina stay right there.
It can, if done incorrectly. With Roman coins, however, it is to be expected. Most I have received are covered in centuries of dirt and other encrustations. The goal is to clean the dirt and crust off, while maintaining the patina of the coin itself.
This means days, sometimes weeks of soaking in distilled water, olive oil, and for really tough crust, vinegar, and quite a bit of scrubbing with a toothbrush. If you take it too far, exposing and in some cases, even 'polishing' the coin to a point, would ruin the value. Just removing the crust and such, however, leaves a clearly old coin with a classic patina covering the bronze, which many of these are.
I have roundness in the hole!!!!!
My baseball cards were gone too.
I was glad to get home but, geeezzzeee.
You can buy them on eBay for a dollar or two and uncovering them is indeed rewarding.
NYT = political gatekeepers.
“My mother threw away my small Roman coppers when I was away in the army. She said, “Bobby, I can’t have all that junk around the house.”
Yep, know how you feel...
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