Minister’s son finds 2000-year-old Jewish coin

Benjamin Elkin, 6-year-old son of the Jerusalem Affairs Minister, found a 2,000-yr-old coin in soil from the City of David’s excavations. The coin inscribed “For the Liberty of Zion” was minted in Jerusalem by the Jews during the 66 – 70 CE Great Revolt against the Romans.

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