Cache of gold coins and 900-year-old gold earring found in Caesarea. (photo credit: Clara Amit Israeli Antiquities Authority)
Posted on 12/10/2018 3:55:41 AM PST by SunkenCiv
The coins are dated to the end of the 11th century, which would link the cache to the Crusader conquest of the city in the year 1101, one of the more critical events in the city's medieval history...
A small bronze pot was found a few days ago at the Caesarea National Park, and inside it were 24 gold coins and a gold earring... found hidden between two stones in the side of a wall, located in a house in a neighborhood that dated from the Abbasid and Fatimid periods (909-1171 CE)...
According to the Antiquities Authority, most inhabitants of the city were massacred by Baldwin I's army between 1100 to 1118 CE. Baldwin I served as the king of the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem... the treasure's owner and his family likely died in the massacre or were sold into slavery...
"...two types of coins: 18 Fatimid dinars, well known from previous excavations in Caesarea, where it was the standard local currency of the time," said Dr. Robert Kool, coin expert at the authority. "And a small and extremely rare group of six Byzantine imperial gold coins. Five of the coins are concave and belong to the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Michael VII Doukas (1071-1079 CE)." ...and may hint at trade relations between Caesarea and Constantinople during the time...
The discovery was found in a location where two other treasures of the same period have been found. A golden pot that held silver jewelry was found there in the 1960s, and a collection of bronze vessels was found in the 1990s. Both finds are displayed at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
Cache of gold coins and 900-year-old gold earring found in Caesarea. (photo credit: Clara Amit Israeli Antiquities Authority)
Was wondering where they've been.
Stray Cats?
Golden Earring?
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Very interesting. This collection contains Byzantine, Latin, and Muslim coinage. The infidel coins show little wear and are remarkable. The Muslim coinage shows signs of being circulated a good deal.
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