Extremely (?)
rare “DIVUS AVGUSTUS”
Aureus minted by
Trajan found in the eastern Galilee
According to this article (in Hebrew, but the more interested things said can be summarized quite in short) a group of hikers have come across this super
rare coin in a
field in a location only mentioned as “Eastern Galilee –
Israel”. (According to the pictures, showing some Basalt
rocks, if indeed the location is the Galilee – and not the nearby Golan plateau – it should be one of a few limited locations). The coin was handed to the authorities and the Archaeologists interviewed claims it is the 2nd known specimen of this
type – the only other one known is in the British museums
collection (plus some other historic assumptions are given, which are quite vague to my opinion).
Haven’t been able to find this
type of coin in any
catalog, though I did not look for too long…
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4777895,00.html