Archaeologists in Israel say 44 pure gold coins dating to the 7th Century have been found hidden in a wall at a nature reserve. Weighing about 170g, the hoard found at the Hermon Stream (Banias ...

The coins buried in the jar are 24-carat gold and weigh 845g (30oz) Youths volunteering at an archaeological dig in central Israel have found 425 gold coins that had lain buried in a clay jar for ...

His kingdom, Lydia, was among the new powers that emerged across the Middle ... coins as we would recognise them today - round shapes in precious metals. I have here some of the original gold ...

They're both of gold, and they're the same size ... The tradition of placing the ruler on the coin, familiar across the Middle East since the days of Alexander, had been decisively abandoned.

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