ancient coins

A wooden box containing 15 silver coins was found hidden in a cave at the Darja Stream Nature Reserve. Researchers speculate that the owner may have fled there to escape the soldiers of Antiochus IV.

A treasure trove of 44 pure gold coins, dating back 1,400 years, was unearthed at Banias, revealing a moment from the time the Byzantine Empire fell to Muslim caliphs.

Rare coins from the Jewish revolt against the Romans, during the fall of the Second Temple, have been discovered in Benjamin. The coins are inscribed with "Freedom of Zion" and "For the Freedom of Jerusalem."

One side of the coin displays three ears of grain, while the other reveals a royal canopy with the inscription "Agrippa the King." Agrippa I, grandson of King Herod and Mariamne the Hasmonean, ruled Judea in the 40s CE.

Discover the 300,000 ancient coins waiting beneath the salty waters, with an incredible story behind them.