A highly desirable coin among antique coin collectors - the Prutah of Pontius Pilate. Pilate was governor of Judea, which was part of the Roman province of Syria. According to the Christian Gospels and the so-called testimony of Flavius, he presided over the trial of Jesus Christ and approved his death sentence. The prutah shown was minted in 29 AD, that is, a year before Christ's crucifixion (taking the date of the event to be 30). Piece struck partially off-center, but reasonably legible.
Obverse: Three ears, in the rim the legend IOYΛIA KAICAPOC
Reverse: Simpulum in the rim the legend TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC and the date LIS (16th year of Tiberius' reign).
Bronze, diameter 14 mm, weight 1.86 g.
