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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 612 | Auction date: 1 July 2026 |
| Lot number: 473 Price realized: 130 USD (Approx. 114 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 (16mm, 2.83 g, 6h). In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius. Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). Simpulum, L Iϛ (date) in legend / Three bound grain ears. Meshorer 331; Hendin 6370; RPC I 4967; Dow, ACTTB, p. 153 (this coin). Green patina with earthen highlights. Near VF. From the Joseph A. Dow Collection, purchased from Zuzim Judaea inventory JP193. The present coin is published in Joseph A. Dow, Ancient Coins Through the Bible (Mustang, OK: Tate, 2011), in the chapter The Roman Procurators of Judaea (AD 6–66). CNG is pleased to offer coins from the collection of the author here, and in subsequent electronic auctions. Joseph Dow placed this coin in the chapter on The Roman Procurators of Judaea (AD 6–66), the long administrative interval bridging the end of Herodian client kingship and the outbreak of the Jewish revolt, a period defined above all else by the prefect whose name appears nowhere on this coin and yet whose tenure gives it its date: Pontius Pilate. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
