Coin of Jesus

A coin of Jesus was found in Tiberias, at a site on the shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel in 2004, during an excavation under the direction of archeologist Prof. Yizhar Hirschfeld of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Brown University, in association with the City of Tiberias and the Israel Antiquities Authority.
The coin bears the image of Jesus Christ on one side, and the engraving "Jesus Christ King of Kings" in Greek language on the other. A relatively common find in Turkey, this is the first time this coin has been discovered at an Israeli archeological site. It is believed to have been brought to Tiberias by a Christian pilgrim from Constantinople, where the coin was minted around the 11th century.
The site in Tiberias and others around the Sea of Galilee has been the destination of Christian pilgrims for more than 2,000 years. The town is named in honor of Roman Emperor Tiberias, and was built during a time when Jesus was still a teenager. The site is close to the city where Mary Magdalene was believed to be born and the site where Jesus is supposed to have fed a crowd of thousands with just a couple fish and loaves of bread.

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