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2,000-year-old coin from Jewish rebels found in Jerusalem excavation

Editorial Board Published August 14, 2025
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Biblical-era worship web site present in Jerusalem’s Metropolis of David

The distinctive construction, courting to the First Temple interval, was revealed throughout excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority within the Metropolis of David. (Credit score: Asaf Peri and Emil Aladjem, Metropolis of David & the Israel Antiquities Authority.)

A coin minted by Jewish rebels simply earlier than the destruction of the Second Temple – an occasion Jesus predicted within the Gospels – has been unearthed in Jerusalem.

The two,000-year-old artifact was discovered on the Jerusalem Archaeological Park, positioned within the Previous Metropolis and only a stone’s throw away from the Temple Mount.

The invention was introduced by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on July 31, simply days earlier than Tisha B’Av – the Jewish day of mourning that marks the Romans’ destruction of the Temple, close to the place the coin was discovered.

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“The obverse side of the coin carries the inscription in ancient Hebrew script: ‘For the Redemption of Zion’ – expressing the heartfelt desire of Jerusalem‘s Jews, toward the end of the revolt,” the IAA famous.

The bronze coin was minted by historic Jews between 69 and 70 A.D. The IAA mentioned it was discovered close to the southwest nook of the Temple Mount.

A uncommon bronze coin from the ultimate yr of the Jewish revolt was uncovered on the Jerusalem Archaeological Park. (Eliyahu Yanai, Metropolis of David; Reut Vilf, Metropolis of David)

The coin was found by Yaniv David Levy, a coin specialist with the IAA, who described its state of preservation as “quite good.”

“From the looks of it, [we thought] it might be a rare coin.”

“On its reverse is a lulav, a palm frond used in the Sukkot festival ritual,” Levy mentioned. 

“Next to it are two etrogs, the citron used in that same ritual.”

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He famous, “The [Year Four] inscription denotes the number of years since the outbreak of the rebellion and allows us to accurately date the coin to the period between the Hebrew month of Nissan (March-April) of the year 69 CE, and the month of Adar (February-March) of the year 70 CE.”

Talking about her expertise throughout the excavation, archaeologist Esther Rakow-Mellet instructed the IAA she had a sense it was an uncommon discovery.

“From the looks of it, [we thought] it might be a rare coin,” Rakow-Mellet recalled.

“We waited anxiously for several days until it came back from cleaning, and it turned out that it was a greeting from the Jewish rebels in Year Four of the Great Revolt.”

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She additionally famous the hanging timing of the invention, simply days earlier than Tisha B’Av.

“Two thousand years after the minting of this coin … [we found] such a moving testimony to that great destruction, and I think there is nothing more symbolic,” mentioned Rakow-Mellet.

Archaeologist Esther Rakow-Mellet, pictured, mentioned she had a powerful feeling the coin was a uncommon and significant discover. (Asaf Peri, Metropolis of David)

The IAA famous that 12 months 4 cash are “relatively rare,” since they had been minted towards the top of the revolt when rebels had diminished manufacturing capabilities.

Excavation director Yuval Baruch mentioned the coin’s inscription “indicates a profound change of identity and mindset, and perhaps also reflects the desperate situation of the rebel forces.”

“It would seem that in the rebellion’s fourth year, the mood of the rebels now besieged in Jerusalem changed from euphoria and anticipation of freedom at hand, to a dispirited mood and a yearning for redemption,” the archaeologist noticed.

The coin will probably be placed on show on the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Nationwide Campus for the Archaeology of Israel in Jerusalem.

Archaeologists unearthed the coin simply days earlier than Tisha B’Av, a day of mourning for the Temple’s destruction. (Eliyahu Yanai, Metropolis of David)

The current discovery is one in every of many archaeological finds made in Jerusalem this yr: an historic backyard was just lately discovered on the holiest web site in Christianity, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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Within the Room of the Final Supper, positioned on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, centuries-old inscriptions have additionally just lately resurfaced.

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