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Tel Aviv [Israel], March 4 (ANI/TPS): Archaeologists unearthed a rare coin dating back to the time of the Bar Kochba Revolt against Rome in the Judean Desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday. The nearly 1,900-year-old coin was unearthed in the Metsoke Ha’Atakim Nature Reserve near the Dead Sea. It featured a date palm and was engraved with the name, “Eleazer the Priest” in ancient Hebrew script. On the reverse side of the coin was a cluster of grapes with the words, “Year One of the Redemption of Israel.” The coin was found with three other coins bearing the name “Simeon.”…