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DescriptionCoin-of-Pilate.jpg
Bronze prutah minted by Pontius Pilate. Reverse: Greek letters TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC (Tiberius Emperor) and date LIS (year 16 = AD 29/30) surrounding simpulum (libation ladle). Obverse: Greek letters IOYLIA KAICAPOC (Julia, i.e. Livia, the Emperor's (mother)), three bound heads of barley, the outer two heads drooping.
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2008-07-18 14:25 Jack1956 472×253× (32461 bytes) Photograph of an example in my collection. Taken July 18 2008
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{{Information |Description= Coin of Pontius Pilate |Source= Transfered from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Procurator_coinage English Wikipedia] |Date= 20 August 2008 |Author= Original uploader was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jack1956 Jack195