Gold Coin of Nero Only 1 of 2 gold coins ever found, this coin depicts a young Nero, minted under Claudius in 51-54 before Nero became Emperor. Avigad, Nahman, Discovering Jerusalem, Shikmona Publishing Co, Jerusalem, 1980, p. 195, 200. See also- Neronian Tetradrachm, 60 CE Coin of Nero, 63 CE The Great Revolt Josephus, […]
The coin collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority possesses fifty-three silver lion dollars (‘leeuwendaalders’) of the Low Countries dating to the 16 and 17th century. These coins belong to two hoards, which were deposited at the Rockefeller Museum in the late 1920’s but never properly identified and studied. A search in the files of the […]
Mazar, Eilat, The Complete Guide to the Temple Mount Excavations, Shoham Academic Research and Publication, Jerusalem, 2002 p. 110
Recently an extremely rare coin from the days of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1291, Crusader) was found during IAA excavations directed by Martin Peilstöcker and Amit Reem in Jaffo’s Flee Market. The find, a rare Frankish silver half drachma, was identified by Robert Kool of the IAA Coin Department and is the first specimen […]
Saladin was the Sultan of Egypt and Syria. At the height of his power he also reigned over Iraq, Hejaz, and Yemen. He resisted the European crusaders and eventually captured the Holy Land from the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
REDIRECT Coin of Saladin al-Ayyubid, 1174-1193
A team of Hebrew University archaeologists in 1998 discovered a hoard of 82 rare coins buried under the remains of a floor of a Byzantine house on the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias. The coins were minted in the Byzantine Empire from the second half of the 10th century and are of a type scientifically […]
REDIRECT Umayyad Dinars – There is no God except Allah, c. 700
Copper coin probably from the rule of the Caliph Mu’awiyya (661-680), depicting the image of the caliph surrounded by the inscription “Muhammad, Messenger of God.” On the obverse are the names “Falastin,” and “Aelia” (as Jerusalem was called in Roman times and in some places up until the Crusader period). On this side of the […]
Coin bearing the image of Emperor Phocas, found at Mamilla (outside Jaffa Gate), 1989-1993. The emperor Phocas glares from the most recent of the 130 coins found in the Mamilla excavation. The latest coin is always a key indicator in a dig because, in a sealed context, it provides an approximate end date for events. […]