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circumstances.
The continuous erosion in the
position of the Likud faction in
public opinion polls will be an im-
portant factor in determining
what direction the ensuing power
struggle within the party will
take. If people were to vote tomor-
row according to the way they re-
spond to the pollsters, most
former Likud voters would turn
right rather than toward Labor,
in spite of the current Prime
Minister's acceptability among
them.
In an effort to stem the flow of
former Likud voters toward Geula
Cohen's Tehiya and Meir
Kahane's Kach parties, Likud is
likely to turn toward its own
right-flank leadership, which
could mean Ariel Sharon at the
head of the ticket. This might not
sit well with the former Liberal
Party members within the party,
particularly the faction headed by
current Finance Minister Yitzhak
Modai.If Modai were to make good
on his threat to head a ticket of his
own, Likud centrist voters might
be inclined to identify with him,
rather than with either of tl,:(
major parties.
The religious parties are also
losing ground, particularly in the
direction of right-wing parties.
Nevertheless, religious parties
remain a force to be reckone:
with, and both parties must de
tide how far they are willing to g
in order to earn this support. In,
the absence of a major break=
through in the near future to con ,
solidate his own position, Priin.
Minister Peres may find the reli =;
gious parties his principal hop
outside of his natural left-of-
center allies if he is forced to try tc
form a narrow-based coalition.
Peres and Shamir both have
limits beyond which they are not
willing to compromise, whethe ii
with other parties or with each
other. Until one or the othei
reaches such a limit, however, thrj
coming months will continue tE
present the spectacle of a Na!
tional Unity government speak
ing with anything but a unitef
voice. Both sides will nevertheles's
try to maintain the facade Ion j
enough to strengthen their owi
positions. ❑
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Roman Coins Capture
Israeli Interest
BY GADI BEN-ZUR
Special to The Jewish News
The cheapest toy you can give a
child in Israel today is mondy. Jar
and jars of it.
With inflation currently run-
ning at over 400 percent a year,
coins are diminishing in value at
such a rate that they are hardly
worth carrying around. So these
days, almost every household has
its jars of coins — practically
worthless except for their
entertainment value in the nur-
sery.
"When , we arrived here in
1978," said an immigrant from
the United States, "we bought a
brand-new, five-room penthouse
apartment in Jerusalem. Today,
the money we paid for it wouldn't
cover half a week's shopping at
the supermarket."
In those days, there were about
600 agurot to a dollar. Today,
there are over a million.
Ironically, though, as modern
Israeli coins become worthless
almost before you can spend them,
ancient coins found at archeologi-
cal "digs" around the country are
increasing in value.
Of course, not all the ancient
coins discovered at these "digs"
find their way into museums.
Most are, in fact, sold to the pri-
vate market to coin collectors and
jewelers.
The most common of the an-
cient coins on the market these
days were minted by the Roman
emperors — Emperors Constan-
tine, Severus Alexander, Diode-
tain and Maximianus — around
the third and fourth century.
Perhaps one reason why Roman
coins are found in relative abun-
dance by archeologists today is
that Rome, too, experienced
periods of hyper-inflation, which
led to massive mintings of coins —
and consequent devaluations.
Curiously, many of the cause
of Rome's inflationary spirals ar e,
similar to those detected by ecol
nomic analysts in Israel today
wars and the tendency of bot,
societies to live beyond thei
means.
But while Israelis today in
dulge themselves in internatioria,
travel, electronic gadgetry anE
high living, the Romans were
sessive consumers of expensivf
silks, spices, slaves ante
entertainment.
"There has recently been an upl
surge of interest in ancient coins,
says Moshe Volk, a Jerusalem)
based jeweler and coin dealer,
who is cashing in on this new fas-
cination.
Volk was "turned on" to thE
idea of reproducing ancient coin
because he realized that his own,
fascination with these pieces of
antiquity would be shared by mili
lions of others who regard the
Holy Land as their spiritual
home.
"Perhaps," he says, "my fasci-
nation with these antique coin,
was heightened by the fact that I
was actually handling objec=t,
which had been handled by my
ancestors thousands of years ago
"The coins themselves were a
concrete expression of Jewish hic,
tory. Some date from the very be-
ginning of the Second Common2
wealth, others are from Hasmo-
nean times. Still others we
minted by King Herod and King
Agrippa.
"But original ancient coins in
good condition are probably out t5,
the reach of many people who
would treasure such objects, so 'A
decided to make them available to
the widest possible audience 6),
reproducing them, using the very'
latest technology available."