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Bronze - Æ 12 mm - 2,2 grams - Die axis 12:00. |
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[KAICA] - POC (Kaisaros - Of Caesar).
Ear of barley curved to right around which the inscription 'KAICAPOC' (of Caesar).
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L - M (Etoyc M - Year 40).
Eight-branched palm tree bearing two bunches of dates. Date mark M stands for 'year 40' (to the reign of Augustus which is year AD 10).
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Prutah of Procurator Marcus Ambibulus. He was a Roman Procurators under Emperor Augustus during the years 9-12 CE. Prutah is a Hebrew word which appears in the Mishna and Talmud (between the 1st century BCE and 5th century CE). A loaf of bread was worth about 10 prutot (plural). One Prutah was made up of two lepta, which was the smallest denomination minted under the Jewish kings. The Lepton (singular) is called in the King James version of the Bible - Mite. The Prutah was the most commonly minted coin of the Jewish Kings and Roman rulers of the period.
Minted for the Provincia Judaea
Obv. : ood, cut from 03:-06: - Rev. : Good. |
