Tel Aviv, March 4 -- 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."

The Bar Kochba revolt, led by Simon Bar Kochbaalso known as the Second Jewish-Roman War, was a major rebellion by the Jews of Judea against the Roman Empire that...