A coin from the Bar Kokhba Revolt, dating from AD 132 (the first year of the revolt), was found at the bottom of cliffs currently undergoing excavation by Israeli archaeologists in the Judean Desert. The rare coin with the inscription "Eleazar the Priest."Credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority The other side of the coin, featuring a cluster of grapes and the optimistic inscription "Year 1 of the redemption of Israel." This was one of four coins recently found: https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology...n-desert/0000018e-089e-d5ee-a78e-38de5ddd0000
So fascinating. Archaeology in Israel continues to uncover really amazing and insightful things. Here's another article about a recently discovered coin: https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-788008
Israel is the only country I know where the random (or scientific) find of an ancient bronze coin is announced in the press. And if it's an aureus, it makes headlines.
