Auction 090
Gallery auction - archaeology, numismatics, Judaika, Eretz Israel, art and more
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Sep 2, 2015
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 151:
A bronze prutah of Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea under Claudius
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Start price:
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Estimated price :
$65 - $50
Buyer's Premium: 20%
VAT: 17%
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A bronze prutah of Antonius Felix, procurator of Judea under Claudius
Obv.: Two crossed palm branches surrounded by Greek inscription [TI] [K]ΛAYΔIOC KAICAP ΓEPM L IΔ (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Germanicus, year 14). Rev.: inscription in wreath IOY/ ΛIA AΓ/ PIΠΠI/ NA (Julia Agrippina). 54 C.E, 2.85 grams, 18¾ mm, axis 11. Cf. Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 76, no. 342. Herod’s son who ruled in Jerusalem, Archelaus, was incompetent so the Romans appointed governors, termed procurators. Most of them, with the exception of Pontius Pilate, respected Jewish religious sensitivities and struck coins with neutral motifs, drawn largely from the seven agricultural species of Israel.
