The coins were found in the foundation of a stone wall. They were probably left behind during the captivity of Eretz Israel by the Umayyad dynasty.
A treasure with 44 gold coins was discovered on the territory of the Banias complex in the Nahal-Hermon reserve. Vesty.co.il report.
Numismatic specialist Gabriela Bichowski says that most of the coins are Byzantine solidi made during the reigns of Emperor Flavius Foke (602-610 AD) and his successor Heraclius I (610-641 ).
“Most of the treasures are coins from the Irkaliy period. It is noteworthy that initially only his image was printed on the coins. However, the images of his relatives were soon added . From the coins you can trace how his children grew up. At first they are depicted as children, and then they are the same height as their father”, said the expert.
In turn, the head of the excavations, Yoav Lehrer, believes that this find will help to learn about economic activity in Banias during the last 40 years of Byzantine rule.
It was previously reported that a cache of gold coins from the Roman Empire was found in a UK farm.
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