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Divers find 'priceless' hoard of gold coins off Israel's Mediterranean coast

Date: 
Wednesday, 2015, February 18

Scuba divers have discovered the largest trove of gold coins ever found off Israel’s Mediterranean coast – about 2,000 pieces dating back more than 1,000 years, the country’s antiquities authority said on Tuesday.

“The largest treasure of gold coins discovered in Israel was found in recent weeks on the seabed in the ancient harbour in Caesarea,” the authority said in a statement.


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Divers find 'priceless' hoard of gold coins off Israel's Mediterranean coast

A scuba diver holds some of the gold coins recently found on the seabed in the ancient harbour in the Israeli town of Caesarea.
Source: 
theguardian.com & nationalgeographic.com

Scuba divers have discovered the largest trove of gold coins ever found off Israel’s Mediterranean coast – about 2,000 pieces dating back more than 1,000 years, the country’s antiquities authority said on Tuesday.

“The largest treasure of gold coins discovered in Israel was found in recent weeks on the seabed in the ancient harbour in Caesarea,” the authority said in a statement.

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News ArticleA scuba diver holds some of the gold coins recently found on the seabed in the ancient harbour in the Israeli town of Caesarea. Divers find 'priceless' hoard of gold coins off Israel's Mediterranean coast theguardian.com & nationalgeographic.com

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