Israel Finds Treasure 425 Gold Coins Of Abbasid Islamic Dynasty

The discovery of gold coins in Israel (Twitter / helya125)

JAKARTA - A volunteer involved in archaeological research in central Israel, Oz Cohen, found a treasure trove of gold coins totaling 425 pieces. The Israel Antiquities Authority suspects that the treasure is more than 1,100 years old or right during the time of the Abbasid Islamic dynasty.

"So fabulous. I was digging in the ground and when I was digging in the ground, saw what looked like very thin leaves. When I looked again, I saw that this was a gold coin. It was great to find such a special treasure, "said Oz Cohen.

Even so, the exact location of the gold coin discovery is still a secret. Local authorities only said the coin was found near a repair shop, whose name and whereabouts are still classified.

1100 years old gold coins found in Israel occupied Palestine. pic.twitter.com/hlhPkpDB3y

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“The person who buried this treasure 1,100 years ago must have hoped to retrieve it and even secure the vessel with nails to keep it from moving. We can only guess what prevented him from returning to retrieve this treasure, ”said excavation director, Liat Nadav-Ziv.

The discovery of this gold coin made a coin expert from the Antiquities Authority, Robert Kool, speak up. According to him, the 425 24 carat pure gold coins are believed to have originated from the Abbasid dynasty in the ninth century.

Uniquely, the large amount of coins believed to be owned by rich or very rich families at that time. "For example, with that kind of money, one could buy a mansion in one of the best neighborhoods in Fustat, the capital of Egypt which was very wealthy at that time," said Kool.