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

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Archaeologists in Bulgaria have discovered a 700-year-old silver coin depicting Jesus on one side and a Serbian king on the other in the southeastern village of Rusokastro.

One side of the so-called “silver penny” depicts Stefan Uroš II Milutin, a king of Serbia who greatly expanded his kingdom, alongside St. Stephen, the Burgas Museum, whose archaeologists are excavating the site, said in a statement translated from Bulgarian. The depiction of Jesus seated is shown on the other side of the coin. St. Stephen, who lived in the first century and was killed for his beliefs, was named a deacon by the 12 apostles.