While Israel remains focused on the tragic conflict in Gaza, life continues in many other parts of the country. In the middle ...

A very rare gold coin bearing the image of Queen Berenice II of Egypt was discovered during an archaeological excavation by ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem uncovered a rare gold coin depicting the Greek Queen Berenice II of Egypt, minted 2,200 years ago ...

Discovered in the Givati parking lot of Jerusalem, the coin was minted for Queen Berenice II, wife of the Hellenistic ruler ...

The quarter-drachma, made of nearly pure gold, was minted in Alexandria between 246 and 241 BCE during the reign of Ptolemy ...

A rare coin depicting Queen Berenice II of Egypt, dating to the Hellenistic period in Jerusalem, has been discovered in the Town of David, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced yesterday, ...

Berenice II, “The Benefactress”, a queen of Egypt, was the wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes, who married her on his accession in 246 BCE. She ruled Egypt during the war led by her husband against ...

A rare coin depicting Queen Berenice II of Egypt that dates back to Jerusalem’s Hellenistic era was discovered in the City of ...

A rare gold coin of the Egyptian Queen Berenice II. (credit: Israel Antiquities Authority) “The coin is the only one of its kind found outside Egypt, which was the center of the Ptolemaic Empire ...

The coin, a quarter-drachma made of nearly pure gold (99.3%), was minted between 246 and 241 BCE for Berenice II, wife of the Hellenistic ruler Ptolemy III of Egypt.

The discovery sheds new light on the development of the ancient city even after the destruction of the first Jewish Temple in 586 BCE.The post Rare gold coin minted for ...