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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 8062758, member: 5682&quot;]I’m sorry if this is a repost:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397607[/ATTACH]</p><p>The silver coin engraved with a cup and the caption ‘Israel Shekel’ and the letters: Shin and Bet (the second year of the Great Revolt) (Eliyahu Yanai/City of David)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397608[/ATTACH]</p><p>The silver coin with an engraving of the headquarters of the High Priest and the inscription ‘Holy Jerusalem’ (Yaniv Berman/City of David and the Israel Antiquities Authority)</p><p><br /></p><p>“The coin, found by an 11-year-old girl, Liel Krutokop, during a sifting project for dirt removed from an archaeological dig at the City of David National Park, was engraved with “second year,” i.e., the second year of the Great Jewish Revolt against the Romans (67-68 CE).”</p><p>“This is a rare find, since out of many thousands of coins discovered to date in archeological excavations, only about 30 coins are made of silver, from the period of the Great Revolt,” said Kool.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My question: Is this find really significant because the coin is silver (tapping into the city’s silver reserve) or is it just an interesting story?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-silver-rebel-coin-maybe-minted-at-temple-2000-years-ago-found-in-jerusalem/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-silver-rebel-coin-maybe-minted-at-temple-2000-years-ago-found-in-jerusalem/" rel="nofollow">https://www.timesofisrael.com/rare-silver-rebel-coin-maybe-minted-at-temple-2000-years-ago-found-in-jerusalem/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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