Arabic Gold Coins Uncovered

January 9, 2017

by: Edgar Asher

Two teenage students from the lower Galilee who were participating in an Israel Antiquities Authority dig in nearby Kfar Kama found some ancient coins. Included in the find was a 1,200-year-old gold coin inscribed in Arabic and mentioning the name of Muhammad and monotheism. The rare find shows that the people who lived at the location were there at the early Islamic period in the 7th and 8th centuries.

Source: Excerpts from an article by Edgar Asher, Ashernet

Photo Credit: Ashernet/IAA