Among the gold currency was a gold Dinar from the reign of the Caliph Haround A-Rashid - the man the Arabian Nights story was based on. 'This is without a doubt a unique and exciting find especially during the Chanukah holiday', said one of the lead archaeologists Liat Nadav-Ziv. The hoard, from the Early Islamic Period, was found near the site of an ancient industrial area that would have been active for hundreds of years, the team said. 'The hoard also includes coins that are rarely found in Israel' says Dr Kool. 'These are gold dinars issued by the Aghlabid dynasty that ruled in North Africa, in the region of modern Tunisia. The kilns were thought to be active at the end of the Byzantine and beginning of the Early Islamic period - around the 7th to the 9th centuries AD. They would have been used for the commercial production of store-jars, cooking pots and bowls, the team confirmed. 'Initial analysis of the contents of the installation revealed ancient grape pips', according to Dr Haddad of the Israel Antiquities Authority,. 'The size and number of vats found at the site indicated that wine was produced on a commercial scale, well beyond the local needs of Yavneh's ancient inhabitants'.
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