A coin hoard dating to the 15th century has been discovered near a medieval synagogue in Israel. Why it was deposited there, however, is a mystery. Archaeologists have discovered a hoard of gold ...

according to the University of Haifa in Israel. Archaeologists found the hoard of about 160 of the coins during ongoing excavations in the Jordan Valley, which runs between the Israeli-occupied ...

Archaeologists have discovered a hoard of gold and silver coins by the remains of a centuries-old synagogue in Israel, near the Sea of Galilee. The hoard of 364 coins, which was unearthed at the ...

The coin weighs only 1.1 grams and has a gold content of twelve percent. "As a store of value or in exchange for goods, this coin, due to its low weight of 1.1 grams, would not have played a ...