Hasmonean era treasure discovered

Israeli archaeologists in Modi’in have unearthed a hoard of 16 silver coins from the Hasmonean period (126 BCE).  The shekels and half-shekels – the property of a Jewish family – were minted in the city of Tyre and bear the images of king Antiochus VII and his brother Demetrius II.

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