A bronze prutah of Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea...
A bronze prutah of Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea under Tiberius – irregular type. Obv.: Lituus (divining rod) surrounded by misunderstood Greek inscription TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC ('of Tiberius Caesar'). Rev.: Date in wreath LIK (an imitation of LIZ or LIH = year 17 or 18).
This coin was struck by a carelessly engraved die termed irregular / barbaric.
30-31 C.E. 1.93 grams, 15 mm, axis 3. For similar cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 75, no. 335.
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A bronze prutah of Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea under Tiberius – irregular type. Obv.: Lituus (divining rod) surrounded by misunderstood Greek inscription TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC ('of Tiberius Caesar'). Rev.: Date in wreath LIK (an imitation of LIZ or LIH = year 17 or 18).
This coin was struck by a carelessly engraved die termed irregular / barbaric.
30-31 C.E. 1.93 grams, 15 mm, axis 3. For similar cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 75, no. 335.
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