PONTIUS PILATE AE PRUTAH, PREFECT UNDER TIBERIUS
Hendin 1341, TJC 331, Very Fine, 17mm, 2.31 grams
Obverse: Inscription TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC LIC (of Tiberius Caesar, year 16 = 29/30 C.E.); simpulum (ladle)
Reverse - Inscription IOY^IA KAICAPOC (Julia the Queen); three bound ears of grain, the outer ones droop
A VERY UNUSUAL die set with thin lined simpulum and crude strange lettering style. Very RARE, probably the first we have seen with NONE listed on the Menorah coin project!
