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Rare 2,000-Year-Old Silver Half-Shekel Coin Discovered in Jerusalem

December 4, 2017

Rare 2,000-Year-Old Silver Half-Shekel Coin Discovered in Jerusalem

A Second Temple-era half-shekel, the same denomination referenced in the Gospel accounts of the Temple tax, unearthed in the Ophel excavations — a look at what these coins tell us.