  Ancient Jewish coin auctioned for $1.1 million in New York March 10, 2012 - 11:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Year 1 prototype silver shekel from A.D. 66 was bought March 8 night at Heritage Auctions by an East Coast collector, AP reports. It is one of only two known Year 1 prototype silver shekels. The other one is in the collection of the Israel Museum. It's the first silver coin struck by Jewish forces revolting against Roman rule in the first century. It features an image of a ritual chalice and three pomegranates. Heritage says it's the highest price for any Judean coin paid at auction. It's one of 2,200 ancient Judean coins from the Shoshana Collection assembled by a Los Angeles-area collector. He bought it at a 1991 auction for more than $240,000.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
