Used to Pay Temple Tax during King Herod's Reign
Milton Quintanilla | Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com | Thursday, April 1, 2021

Archeologists in the Old City of Jerusalem have discovered a rare silver coin that is believed to have been used to pay the Temple Tax during King Herod's reign.

The coin, also known as the "Tyre shekel," was found inside a box of artifacts during a conservation project at the Tower of David Museum. The box had previously been discovered during the last conservation project in the 1980s but was later lost until its recent rediscovery.

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