Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Excavations on a parking lot in Jerusalem revealed a rare gold coin from more than 2,000 years ago. The coin depicts Queen Berenice II of Egypt—a queen who once ordered the murder of a potential suitor. Excavation on a parking lot at the City of David National Park in Jerusalem, Israel, unearthed a rare coin that experts say is more than 2,000 years old. “At first I couldn’t believe it, but then I realized it was a gold coin. It is made out of pure gold (99.3%) and bears the portrait of Queen Berenice II of Egypt.