A valuable quarter-shekel silver coin minted by Jewish rebels in 69CE and stolen from Israel in 2002, was handed back after a two decade intelligence operation.
Quarter-shekel minted in 69CE was smuggled out of country to black market; international probe results in it finally being restored to Israel Antiquities Authority
Cooperation between Israel and the U.S. ends a five-year investigation following theft of the silver coin, which experts say was minted as a sign of declaration of independence from the Roman Empire