Vernal Express | 1934-07-26 | Page 3 | Historians Stirred by Find of Ancient Coins

historians stirred by ay iy find of ancient coins cuing that slid now new light on oil an of jewish hue hite been dis in a collection in ili jerusalem tie TIC c ci ins are or of the I 1 fifth centar centuri cen turi tur C B C waldi Is 3 TO years older titan any P ny tev ish coins hel inov a ll 11 a x ini ne known to lieve been reg used in was wag foreign money chiefly coins of nil tion which mitch in turn dominated the countie coun liy it lias has been sup doged tint the jews anere ore not nl III lovicie to issue their own coinage datil n R feirl tin illig grul thit lib eriv at about 0 lit I 1 11 1 1 1 it C 1 rl lie he discon I 1 ry alioa welt after tha th a persiana Per Pors siina Pitis sapt the froin und and al loed the exiled jews to return to jeri solem tle the Il erslan king granted autonomy ciu onomy ilia Te To coins nrc are sali bald tj 0 match a dinall saher which for tile last beato lifts been in the mus euni etim it bears all scrip tion ot of three adamic loiters letters witch wl ach it as a sat said lime have been wrongly by and therefore there foie fole the significance of the coln coin was not completely understood lie ile reads the letters lettera as Ye hud vilh nag as at one time tile the official nanie name rf ef the province of judea the coins bear the en graning arang of tin an oivi under which ap pear the three letters in the old phoenician script