A rare coin bearing the head of the Roman emperor Antonius Pius and dating from 158-159 C.E. was found during a training exercise by an Israel Defense Forces soldier on the southern end of Mount Carmel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said. The coin, found by Ido Gardi, is one of very few such objects that have been discovered in Israel, according to the IAA.

The coin is one of the municipal coins minted in the city of Geva Philippi, also known as Geva Parashim. In the Roman period, cities were granted the right to mint their own coins.