An extremely rare Byzantine gold coin has been found by a group of schoolchildren in northern Israel. The coin, which was spotted in February, is the first of its kind discovered in the country, according to experts.
The four 9th grade students from Haemeq Hamaaravi High School in Kibbutz Yifat were orienteering along a stream in the Galilee region when they spotted the coin. The schoolkids – Ido Kadosh, Ofir Sigal, Dotan Miller and Harel Grin – realized they had made a significant find and reported it to their geography and history teacher Zohar Porshyan, who contacted the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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