Jerusalem & the Axis Mundi | Foundations of the West Episode I with Ben Shapiro

2409.656 - 2428.118 Zev Orenstein

Now, along this road, along the pilgrimage road here, archaeologists find hundreds, if not thousands, of these small bronze coins dating back to the period from 66 to 70, the period known as the Great Revolt, the Great Jewish Revolt for freedom against the Roman occupation. And scholars have long wondered, why are they minting these coins? Because at that time, the coins were worthless.