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<p>[QUOTE="Dougmeister, post: 7685519, member: 56842"]<a href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-gold-coin-hoard-pinpoints-persian-destruction-of-jerusalem/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-gold-coin-hoard-pinpoints-persian-destruction-of-jerusalem/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-gold-coin-hoard-pinpoints-persian-destruction-of-jerusalem/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"If a hoard of 264 Byzantine gold <i>solidi</i> suddenly appeared and careful examination showed that every coin in the hoard was struck from the SAME dies–a die set never before identified–experts would be quick to suggest the possibility of forgery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Real life, however, can be stranger than fiction."</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>Excavated a dozen years ago at the Givati parking lot in Jerusalem<br /> </li> <li>Portrait of Heraclius</li> <li>Heracles ruled the East Roman Empire from 610 to 641 BCE [sic... supposed to be AD, isn't it?]</li> <li>None of the coins are clipped, carry graffiti, or have any other significant signs of use<br /> </li> <li>Likely part of an emergency issue struck at a Jerusalem mint,</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://coinweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08_01-givati-in-situ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://coinweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08_03-givati-by-clara-amit-iaa-1o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dougmeister, post: 7685519, member: 56842"][URL]https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-gold-coin-hoard-pinpoints-persian-destruction-of-jerusalem/[/URL] "If a hoard of 264 Byzantine gold [I]solidi[/I] suddenly appeared and careful examination showed that every coin in the hoard was struck from the SAME dies–a die set never before identified–experts would be quick to suggest the possibility of forgery. Real life, however, can be stranger than fiction." [LIST] [*]Excavated a dozen years ago at the Givati parking lot in Jerusalem [*]Portrait of Heraclius [*]Heracles ruled the East Roman Empire from 610 to 641 BCE [sic... supposed to be AD, isn't it?] [*]None of the coins are clipped, carry graffiti, or have any other significant signs of use [*]Likely part of an emergency issue struck at a Jerusalem mint, [/LIST] [IMG]https://coinweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08_01-givati-in-situ.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://coinweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08_03-givati-by-clara-amit-iaa-1o.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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