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| Chiếc bình đất sét với kho báu tiền vàng khủng vô tình được một nhóm thanh niên trẻ tìm thấy. Ảnh: AP |
In a statement on August 24, the Israel Antiquities Authority said that the group of teenagers accidentally found the above early Islamic gold coins on August 18 in a residential area about to be built. near the city of Yavne, central Israel.
Archaeologists Liat Nadav-Ziv and Elie Haddad of the Israel Antiquities Authority said the newly unearthed gold vault contained 425 pure 24K gold coins, most of which date to the Abbasid period about 1,100 years ago. the place where the treasure was found is located in an area where there were many factories at that time.
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| Có đến 425 đồng xu bằng vàng 24K nguyên chất cùng hàng trăm mảnh vàng nhỏ được tìm thấy bên trong chiếc bình đất sét. Ảnh: AP |
Not only that, the gold vault also includes hundreds of small pieces of gold – which may have a smaller denomination.
Archaeologists consider this to be an “extremely rare” find.
Robert Kool, coin expert with the antiquities authority, said that initial analysis shows the coins date to the late 9th century, considered the golden age of the Abbasid when the dynasty It controls most of the Near East and North Africa.
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| Đây là kho báu tiền xu vàng lớn thứ 2 được phát hiện tại Israel. Ảnh: AP |
According to Mr. Kool, the owner of this coin must be a rich person or have trading activities, because only 1-2 gold coins out of the above coins have a value equivalent to the annual salary of the employee. a farm owner. even, with such a large amount of money, one could buy a luxurious house in the most prime location in Fustat, the wealthy capital of Egypt at that time.
Prior to that, in 2015, Israeli divers discovered the largest ancient vault in the country, dating from about 1,000 years ago near the port of Caesarea, including about 2,000 gold coins dating from the 11th century. and weighs about 6 kg near the port of Caesarea, north of tel Aviv. It is estimated that this treasure of ancient coins is worth about 240,000 USD.
“Hopefully, the study of ancient gold vaults will reveal more about a period of which we still know very little,” Kool said.