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A bronze prutah of Agrippa I, mint of Jerusalem...

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A bronze prutah of Agrippa I, mint of Jerusalem – struck on a coin of the procurator Valerius Gratus or Pontius Pilate. Obv.: A canopy surrounded by Greek inscription [AΓPI]ΠA [BACIɅEWC] ('of king Agrippa'). Rev.: Three ears of grain and the date [L] ς ('sixth year'). On left (Surrounded by a circle), clear traces of the inscription "IOYΛIA", from a coin of Valerius Gratus or Pontius Pilate.

There are two options for the original coin (with the inscription IOYΛIA):
1. A bronze prutah of Valerius Gratus, procurator of Judea under Tiberius, depicting vine branch and amphora. 17 C.E. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 74, no. 326.
2. A bronze prutah of Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea under Tiberius, depicting Simpulum and three ears of grain. 29 C.E. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 74, no. 331

41/2 C.E. 2.01 grams, 17 mm, axis 12. For similar examples cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 52, no. 120l – 120m.

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A bronze prutah of Agrippa I, mint of Jerusalem – struck on a coin of the procurator Valerius Gratus or Pontius Pilate. Obv.: A canopy surrounded by Greek inscription [AΓPI]ΠA [BACIɅEWC] ('of king Agrippa'). Rev.: Three ears of grain and the date [L] ς ('sixth year'). On left (Surrounded by a circle), clear traces of the inscription "IOYΛIA", from a coin of Valerius Gratus or Pontius Pilate.

There are two options for the original coin (with the inscription IOYΛIA):
1. A bronze prutah of Valerius Gratus, procurator of Judea under Tiberius, depicting vine branch and amphora. 17 C.E. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 74, no. 326.
2. A bronze prutah of Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea under Tiberius, depicting Simpulum and three ears of grain. 29 C.E. Cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 74, no. 331

41/2 C.E. 2.01 grams, 17 mm, axis 12. For similar examples cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 52, no. 120l – 120m.

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