Daily Caller
By Kay Smythe
January 17, 2024
Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) released a video Tuesday showing an extremely rare coin, one of the first to ever be used in the nation of Israel.
The coin was recently discovered at an IAA site in the Judean Hills, which run north, west, and south of Jerusalem, the organization wrote in the caption of the video. Experts believe this is one of the first coins to ever be used in Israel, dating back to the Persian period of the 6th to 5th centuries B.C (roughly 2,700 to 2,550 years ago).