Coins

Ancient Cypriot silver coin found on Ashdod's shore offers new insight into 2,500-year-old trade

The approximately 2,500-year-old coin was located by Ashdod Beaches Department Deputy Director Avi Chaprak during a search to locate objects lost by visitors to the beach.

The ancient Cypriot silver coin dating to the mid-5th century BCE found on Ashdod's shore, July 26, 2026.
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A man paints the Hezbollah flag on a board in Tyre, south Lebanon, April 14, 2026

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Hasmonean-era coin depicted the seven-branched menorah (L) and silver tetradrachm minted in Ashkelon during the Persian period (R) which were returned to Israel from the United States earlier this week, May 13, 2026.

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Adam Staples and friends unearthed a medieval coin hoard worth $5.6 million

The hoard includes coins depicting both William the Conqueror and Harold II, offering insight into the turbulent period following the Norman Conquest of England.

 A coin with the face of Nero.

Greece returns Lydian coin hoard to Turkey under UNESCO agreement

The entire collection of coins is part of a coin "treasure" that was hidden in the late 5th or early 4th century BCE in Asia Minor.

 Electrum trite, Alyattes II, Lydia, 610-560 BC.

A 5th-century Anglo-Saxon artisan created a fake Roman gold coin with Latin typos

"The pendant demonstrates a desire to plug into this vanished age," noted numismatist Adrian Marsden.

 Roman gold coins.