In honor of Israel's 50th anniversary, the Bank of Israel is releasing four special coins, two of them made of .999-pure 24-karat gold and limited to only 3,000 pieces of each. The gold coins carry a ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A rare ancient coin dated to the time of the First Jewish Revolt ...
The survey is an ongoing project by the IAA meant to protect archaeological sites in the Judean Desert from looting and unauthorized excavations. A rare half-shekel coin, similar to those used in the ...
JERUSALEM—Israel Antiquities Authority announced last week that it found a rare silver half-shekel coin from the time of the first Jewish revolt against the Romans over 2,000 years ago in the Judean ...
A coin dating back to a Jewish rebellion against Roman rule almost 2,000 years ago has been returned by the US to Israel following a joint smuggling investigation. Minted in AD 69, the “exceedingly ...
It was a single silver shekel that stole the spotlight at a recent New York coin auction. Its gavel price: $1.1 million. Back in the day, the shekel might have represented four days of a soldier’s pay ...