The Coins during the Time of Jesus


 

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Coin of Augustus, 27BC-AD14, IMP CAESAR, his head rt/Six grain ears tied together, AVGV-STVS across field, Ephesus mint.


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Herod I, the Great, 40-4 BC,AE 8 Prutot, 23mm. Tripod, date (year 3) and monogram in Greek (of king Herod)/Helmet, star above flanked by 2 palm branches

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Herod I, 'the Great', 40-4 BC, Crested helmet and star flanked by palms/Thymaterion (incense burner), date(year 3) and monogram, Greek legend around (= of King Herod)

 

coinarch.jpg (4111 bytes) Herod Archelaus, 4BC-6AD, Double cornucopiae with parallel horns, Greek inscription (Herod)/War galley left, Greek inscription above (Ethnarch)

 

 

cointib.jpg (6434 bytes) Coin of Tiberius, AD14-37, AR Denarius. Bust rt/PONT MAXIM, 'Livia' seated rt. as Pax holds branch,

 

 

 

coincop.jpg (3745 bytes) Coponius under Augustus,  Barley ear, Greek inscription (Caesar)/Palm tree, date in field (year 36 = AD6) This coin was minted by the first Prefect of Judea after the fall of Archelaus in the wake of the Galilean uprising of Judas of Gamala.

 

 

coinval.jpg (3410 bytes) Valerius Gratus under Tiberius, Greek inscription (Julia - refers to Julia Livia, mother of Tiberius) in wreath/Laurel branch, date (year 2 = AD15)

 

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Pontius Pilate under Tiberius, Simpulum, Greek inscription and date LIS (year 16 = AD29)/Three wheat ears, Greek inscription. This coin was minted and in circulation during the active ministry of Jesus.

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Pontius Pilate under Tiberius, Lituus and Greek inscription (Tiberius Caesar)/Date LIH (year 18 = AD31) in wreath. 

 

coinant.jpg (3754 bytes) Coin of Herod Antipas,  Reed and date (LK'delta'), Greek inscription (=Herod Tetrarch)/TIB.PIAC in 2 lines in wreath.

 

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Phoenicia, Tyre, after 126 BC, AR Shekel (or Tetradrachm) . Melqarth head rt/Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. 

    

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Agrippa I, AD 37-44, Umbrella-like canopy, Greek inscription (the king Agrippa)/Three barley ears, date (year 6) Herod Agrippa was close to the mad emperor Caligula.  

 

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Agrippa II, pre-royal coinage, mint of Caesarea Maritima, AE 19mm. Laureate bust of nero, Greek inscription (Nero Augustus Caesar)/Bust of Agrippina left, Greek inscription (Agrippina Augusta)