Israeli divers discover 2,000 ancient gold coins

A group of divers found 2,000 gold coins on the seabed of the Caesarea National Park in Israel — the largest trove of gold coins ever discovered in the country

Caesarea is an ancient Roman city located near the modern Israeli city of Caesarea, about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa. The divers from the local diving club stumbled upon the coins by accident a few weeks ago and reported the find to the Israeli Antiquities Authority

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The coins come in different denominations — dinar, half dinar and quarter dinar — and are of various weight and dimensions. While the earliest coin was minted in Palermo, Sicily in the second half of 9th century, most of them were minted in Egypt and North Africa and belong to the Fatimid caliphs Al-Ḥākim (996–1021 CE) and his son Al-Ẓāhir (1021–1036). Read more...

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