2,000 gold coins found in eastern Mediterranean

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

An unprecedented discovery of more than 2,000 gold coins off the north-central coast of Israel likely part of the largest gold hoard ever found in the eastern Mediterranean archaeologists claim.

Accidental Gold Find Stuns Archaeologists

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A cache of medieval Arab gold coins may already be the largest in the eastern Mediterranean, and there's probably more to come.