A rare bronze coin from the Bar Kokhba revolt (circa 132 CE), was discovered at the foot of the Temple Mount, north of the City of David. The obverse of the coin is decorated with a cluster of grapes and the inscription “Year Two of the Freedom of Israel” and the reverse side features a palm tree and the inscription “Jerusalem". This is the only coin discovered in the old city of Jerusalem mentioning the city's name Coins from the period of the Bar Kokhba revolt, which declared the rebels’ purpo

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Who was Bar Kokhba? The leader of the most turbulent Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire remained in obscurity for thousands of years, but recent archaeological discoveries—ancient coins, attack tunnels used by Jewish fighters, and even battle orders in Bar Kokhba's own handwriting—reveal the true identity of the Jewish folk hero and tell the story of the revolt as never before. The spark that ignited the uproar was the decision by the Roman Emperor Hadrian to obliterate what remained of Jeru