Details
LOT 2985
Judaea. Procurators, Pontius Pilate AE Prutah. 26-36 CE.
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 16 of Tiberius (29/30 CE). In the names of Julia Augusta (Livia) and Tiberius. IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound grain ears / TIBЄPIOY KAICAPOC L Iς (date), simpulum to left. RPC I 4967; Hendin GBC 6, 6370; Hendin GBC 5, 1341; TJC 331. Near Very Fine.(1.90gr, 16mm, 10h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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