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700-year-old coin depicting Jesus and medieval king found in Bulgaria

Archaeologists in Bulgaria have found a 700-year-old silver coin depicting Jesus on one facet and a Serbian king on the opposite within the southeastern village of Rusokastro.

One facet of the so-called “silver penny” depicts Stefan Uroš II Milutin, a king of Serbia who enormously expanded his kingdom, alongside St. Stephen, the Burgas Museum, whose archaeologists are excavating the positioning, stated in a assertion translated from Bulgarian. The depiction of Jesus seated is proven on the opposite facet of the coin. St. Stephen, who lived within the first century and was killed for his beliefs, was named a deacon by the 12 apostles.

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