Friday, February 04, 2011

Coins found instead of guns

COINS FOUND instead of guns:
Police Weapons Search Yields Temple Coin Stash

by Gil Ronen (Arutz Sheva)

Detectives from the Nahariya police station searched a suspect's private home Thursday for suspected illegal weapons, but instead of guns, they found a large hoard of ancient coins dating to Second Temple times, as well as other assorted ancient artifacts.

The coins appear to have been collected from numerous sites over a long period of time.

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If I understand the story correctly, the headline is misleading. These were coins from the Second Temple era, not coins from the Temple itself.

UPDATE (7 February): Joseph Lauer notes a Jerusalem Post article that has less confusing title: Police find 2nd Temple-era coins, jugs during arms raid. There are also photos of many of the items seized in the raid.