| VAuctions > NBJ Auction 11 | Auction date: 7 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 84 Price realized: 80 USD (Approx. 74 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: JUDAEA: Procurators. Pontius Pilate. 26-36 CE. Æ Prutah. Dated RY 16 (29 CE), three bound grain ears simpulum. around TIBEPIOY ΚΑΙCAPOC L Iς//A bushel (modius) filled with three corn ears, around IOYΛΙΑ ΚΑΙCAPOC (Julia [= Livia, the mother/wife] of Tiberius/of AugustusEE). 2.98gm, 17mm, Good Very Fine. The relationship between the Romans and the Jews during the administration of Pontius Pilate became increasingly more volatile than during previous administrations, as Pilate took many steps to incite and provoke the Jews. Ensigns which bore the image of Tiberius were seen as a denigration of their religion. Uprisings ultimately ending in executions and Messianic hope became increasingly more common. Of numismatic significance, religious sentiments were further antagonized through some of Pilate's early coinage which featured the simpulum and lituus, elements of the pagan Roman religion (see Avi-Yonah, The World History of the Jewish People, vol. VII, pp. 128-30). Estimate: 150 USD Starting price: 75 USD |  |
