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Four gold coins unearthed in Jerusalem show ancient political turmoil
From The Times of Israel, Jerusalem
Monday, November 9, 2020
A small pottery jar containing four pure gold coins dating back more than a thousand years was unearthed during archaeological excavations ahead of the planned installation of an elevator at Jerusalem's Western Wall, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced today.
Robert Kool, a coin expert at the authority, said the currency dated from a time of political change in the region, when control passed from the Sunni Abbasid caliphate, whose capital was Baghdad, Iraq, into the hands of its Shiite rivals, the Fatimid dynasty of North Africa.
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"The profile of the coins found in the juglet are a near-perfect reflection of the historical events. Two gold dinars were minted in Ramle during the rule of Caliph al-Muti‛ (946–974 CE) and his regional governor, Abu ‛Ali al-Qasim ibn al-Ihshid Unujur (946–961 CE)," Kool said in the authority's statement. "The other two gold coins were minted in Cairo by the Fatimid rulers al-Mu‘izz (953–975 CE) and his successor, al-‘Aziz (975–996 CE)." ...
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