One of the coins, depicting the Temple's seven-branched menorah, was minted in Hasmonean-ruled Jerusalem, while the other, the second of its kind ever found, was minted in ancient Ashkelon.

Two rare ancient coins—including one bearing one of the earliest known depictions of the seven-branched menorah from the ...

Archaeologists in Israel recently made a "dramatic" discovery that provides invaluable historical knowledge about Jewish life in the ancient Roman era of Israel, officials said. The Israel Antiquities ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two rare ancient coins looted from archaeological sites in Israel and smuggled abroad have been returned to Israel in an official ceremony in New York. Their discovery came as the result of a complex ...

A rare collection of ancient coins was discovered last week by Israeli researchers, who called the find an "archaeological Hanukkah miracle." The coins are more than 2,000 years old and believed to ...