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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/2000-year-old-Hasmonean-coins-unearthed-in-Shiloh-on-Hanukkah-612567

2,000-Year-Old Hasmonean Coins Unearthed in Shiloh

(Jerusalem Post) Ilanit Chernick - 20 ancient coins were found last week in ancient Shiloh in the West Bank. More than half of the coins date back to the Hasmonean period, to the ruler Alexander Jannaeus, the second king of Judea, who ruled from 103 to 76 BCE.

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