A bronze prutah of Valerius Gratus, procurator of Judea...
A bronze prutah of Valerius Gratus, procurator of Judea under Tiberius – irregular type. Obv.: Greek inscription TIB KAI [C]A[P] (' Tiberius Caesar') in a wreath tied at base with an X. The style of the inscription is unusual in relation to the coins of that type, the letter B appearing as ∆. Rev.: Upright palm branch and the inscription IOY ΛIA L IA (' Julia, year 11').
24 C.E. 1.78 grams, 16½ mm, axis 11. For similar examples cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 74, no. 329
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A bronze prutah of Valerius Gratus, procurator of Judea under Tiberius – irregular type. Obv.: Greek inscription TIB KAI [C]A[P] (' Tiberius Caesar') in a wreath tied at base with an X. The style of the inscription is unusual in relation to the coins of that type, the letter B appearing as ∆. Rev.: Upright palm branch and the inscription IOY ΛIA L IA (' Julia, year 11').
24 C.E. 1.78 grams, 16½ mm, axis 11. For similar examples cf. Ya'akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (Jerusalem 2001), pl. 74, no. 329
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