Discovered in the Givati parking lot of Jerusalem, the coin was minted for Queen Berenice II, wife of the Hellenistic ruler Ptolemy III of Egypt. A tiny but extremely rare gold coin dating back over 2 ...

Divers found coins dating back more than 1,000 years by chance. JERUSALEM — -- Scuba divers off the coast of Israel have uncovered a treasure trove of solid gold coins dating back more than 1,000 ...

JERUSALEM — Israel displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years ago. About 70 coins were ...

Archaeologists find a rare gold coin belonging to Queen Berenice II in Jerusalem, revealing the city's Hellenistic wealth.

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a rare, miniature gold coin that depicts the Egyptian queen Berenice II and dates to the reign of her husband, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of ...

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 ...

JERUSALEM, Dec 22 Excavations have unearthed a hoard of over 1,300-year-old gold coins under a car park by the ancient walls of Jerusalem, the Israeli Antiquities Authority said on Monday.

A coin minted by Jewish rebels just before the destruction of the Second Temple – an event Jesus predicted in the Gospels – has been unearthed in Jerusalem. The 2,000-year-old artifact was found at ...

The cache is exceedingly large and remarkably rare in comparison to similar finds. Archaeologists from the University of Haifa uncovered a 2,000-year-old stash of extremely rare coins while excavating ...

A tiny but extremely rare gold coin dating back over 2,200 years has been uncovered during excavations at the City of David National Park in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced ...