Mesorat%20hashas for Avodah Zarah 104:12

אלא אמר אביי בקשו לגנוז דינרא הדרייאנא טוריינא שיפא מפני טבעה של ירושלים עד שמצאו לה מקרא מן התורה שהוא מותר ובאו בה פריצים וחללוה

Rather Abaye said: They wanted to store away every Hadrianic and Trajanic dinar which had become worn by use because it was coined from [metal captured from] Jerusalem; until they discovered a verse of the Torah according to which it was permitted, “And robbers shall enter into it and profane it!”

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