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Rayirth t1_iu0wivh wrote

Reply to comment by phil_style in Ancient City of Magdala Unearthed Near Tiberias, Israel by GullyShotta

Coin with a man infront of a crowd

  • "Ah, this has to be Jesus!"
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StrategicBean t1_iu1x5jl wrote

It is of Jesus but isn't from 29 AD more like 1029 AD

"This coin is one of a series of coins that were issued in Constantinople (present day Istanbul) in celebration of the First Millennium of Jesus' birth."

Via Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs archived at Internet Archive Way back Machine and quoted more fully in another comment in this thread or at this linked text

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phil_style t1_iu0xw4o wrote

The only coin I am aware of from 29AD from that site is a herodian one with palm fronds on it. There isn't a coin with someone in front of a crowd at all. ... let alone anything connecting it to jesus.

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