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Archaeologists find hoard of Islamic coins in Israel: 'It's like a Hanukkah present' (www.haaretz.com)

Coins placed in a clay juglet 1,200 years ago included rare specimens from North Africa and one issued by Caliph Haroun A-Rashid, on whom ‘One Thousand and One Nights,’ was based.

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