COURTESY OF BOAZ LANGFORD

BAR-KOKHBA COINS. Three hoards of coins were uncovered from the Te’omim Cave. Inside a crack in the rock of Hall F was a hoard (Hoard A) of 83 silver coins (20 tetradrachms and 63 denarii) from the Bar-Kokhba Revolt (see photo, after cleaning). All these Roman coins had been restruck by the Bar-Kokhba administration, which implies that the owners of the hoard supported the Bar-Kokhba bid for Jewish sovereignty.