Byzantine-Era Wine Press, Gold Coin Found Near Tel Aviv

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  1. Bart9349

    Bart9349 Junior Member

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    “Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a wine press, a rare gold coin and other artifacts linked to a settlement that stood in what’s now the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Ha-Sharon some 1,500 years ago.“

    “One of the rare and surprising finds discovered in the excavation is a gold coin, minted in 638 or 639 by the Byzantine emperor Hercules. On one side appears the emperor with his two sons, and on the other – a cross on the hill of Golgotha, on which, according to Christian tradition, the crucifixion of Jesus took place.”
    “Someone scratched an inscription, likely the name of the coin’s owner, onto its surface in Greek and possibly Arabic, according to Robert Kool, a coin expert with the IAA.“



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    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...ress-gold-coin-found-near-tel-aviv-180978501/

    https://middleeast.in-24.com/News/amp/177811
     
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  3. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Neat stuff, thanks for the links/news.
     
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