In eastern Galilee, Laurie Rimon found a 2,000 year old gold Roman coin while hiking. The coin was said to be found around the place it is said that Jesus performed the multiplying of water and bread ritual. The shiny coin was just in the grass in plain sight waiting to be found. After the founding of the coin Laurie Rimon turned the coin into the Israel Antiquities Authority. The coin was so rare that there was only one other coin of that type in the world besides that one.
The coin had the face of the Roman emperor Augustus. The Roman coin actually turned out to be a dime and was worth and sold for 2k. Dr. Danny Syon a coin expert stated that the coin was rare at a global level. For Laurie Rimon it wasn’t easy parting with the coin. ‘’ It’s not easy discovering/finding an amazing object such as that,’’they said. …show more content…
In AD 107, Emperor Trajan minted a series of coins to honor the series of emperors that came before him, according to Donald Ariel. The gold coin that was recently founded was a tribute to the reign of Augustus. The coin is said to refer Augustus as ‘’ Divus Augustus ‘’ but in more understandable terms for people of our time it is ‘’ Augustus the Divine, ‘’ who was considered a deity after his death, Ariel stated. The hikers discovery has created a mystery. It was amazing that the hiker found the coin, but what was the coin doing near the sea of Galilee? Ariel hypothesized that it might have been part of a soldier's pay. The Trojan bronze and silver coins are common in that region but gold coins are EXTREMELY rare. As stated before only one other Roman gold coin has been found before. That coin, with an image of emperor Augustus minted by emperor Trajan, Sits in the British museum. Now it has a
The coin had the face of the Roman emperor Augustus. The Roman coin actually turned out to be a dime and was worth and sold for 2k. Dr. Danny Syon a coin expert stated that the coin was rare at a global level. For Laurie Rimon it wasn’t easy parting with the coin. ‘’ It’s not easy discovering/finding an amazing object such as that,’’they said. …show more content…
In AD 107, Emperor Trajan minted a series of coins to honor the series of emperors that came before him, according to Donald Ariel. The gold coin that was recently founded was a tribute to the reign of Augustus. The coin is said to refer Augustus as ‘’ Divus Augustus ‘’ but in more understandable terms for people of our time it is ‘’ Augustus the Divine, ‘’ who was considered a deity after his death, Ariel stated. The hikers discovery has created a mystery. It was amazing that the hiker found the coin, but what was the coin doing near the sea of Galilee? Ariel hypothesized that it might have been part of a soldier's pay. The Trojan bronze and silver coins are common in that region but gold coins are EXTREMELY rare. As stated before only one other Roman gold coin has been found before. That coin, with an image of emperor Augustus minted by emperor Trajan, Sits in the British museum. Now it has a