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  • 1,600-year-old rare gold coin found by school pupils alongside the Sanhedrin Trail in the Galilee

    12/10/2022 9:56:13 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 39 replies
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs Israel ^ | April 4, 2019 / updated October 18, 2019 | unattributed
    The coin, the first of its type discovered in Israel, was minted by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II, whose edicts led to the abolishment of the Sanhedrin Council and to the large-scale emigration of Jews to the Diaspora.1,600 years after the edict of the Emperor Theodosius II led to the abolishment of the post of the 'Nasi,' the Head of the Sanhedrin, school pupils found a rare piece of evidence reflecting this dramatic moment in Jewish history.In February 2019, four ninth grade students from the Haemeq Hamaaravi High School in Kibbutz Yifat in the Jezreel valley were orienteering in the...