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11-year-old girl finds rare ‘Holy Jerusalem’ coin minted during Great Revolt against Rome

By Anugrah Kumar

An 11-year-old girl in Israel found a rare silver coin from the first century, with the inscription “Holy Jerusalem,” while volunteering for an archaeological project, Israel Antiquities Authority has announced.

The girl, Liel Krutokop, was volunteering with her family at the Emek Tzurim National Park in Jerusalem when she discovered the 14-gram silver coin. The Jerusalem Post reported that archaeologists believe the coin was minted by a priest who joined the Jewish rebels against the Romans.

“This is a rare find,” Robert Krool, who leads the IAA’s Coin Department, was quoted as saying. “[O]ut of many thousands of coins discovered to date in archaeological excavations, only about 30 are coins made of silver from the period of the Great Revolt.”’

The Great Revolt refers to the First Jewish-Roman War that lasted from 66 A.D. until 75 A.D…

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