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Owen Jarus

15th-century hoard of gold and silver coins discovered in Israel near Sea of Galilee

Piles of gold and silver coins and rings spread out on a black background.

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 archaeological site of Huqoq (also spelled Yaquq), dates to the 15th century.

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