Thousand Years-Old Stash of Gold Coins Found in Jerusalem

The coins recovered by archaeologists were reportedly in good condition and did not even require cleaning in order to properly identify them.

A survey conducted by archaeologists ahead of an elevator construction project in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem resulted in the discovery of a small jug containing gold coins that was buried about a thousand years ago, Live Science reports.

According to the media outlet, the jug in question was “not much bigger than a coffee cup”, with the coins – four in total – contained within dated to “between the years 940 and 970”.

​Robert Kool, a coin expert at IAA, also explained that the coins were well-preserved and did not even require cleaning to identify them, with the cache possibly representing “someone’s entire savings, or perhaps just a fraction of a family’s wealth, depending on who stashed it away”, as the media outlet puts it.

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