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September 16, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-09/uonc-rrg091316.php?

Rare Roman Gold Coin Found in Jerusalem at Mt. Zion Archaeological Dig

(EurekAlert-AAAS) Archaeologists have discovered a rare gold coin bearing the image of the Roman Emperor Nero at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's excavations on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Dr. Shimon Gibson said, "The coin is exceptional because this is the first time that a coin of this kind has turned up in Jerusalem in a scientific dig." The coin was struck in 56/57 CE, a little more than a decade before the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 CE, and was found in rubble outside the ruins of the 1st century Jewish villas the team has been excavating. Titus and the Roman legions razed Jerusalem to the ground.

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