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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 2540280, member: 75936&quot;]This has been my question for a long time. I&#039;ve always thought the Pontius Pilate coins are more properly attributed to Tiberius. A 2008 dime from the San Francisco Mint isn&#039;t called an &quot;Arnold Schwarzeneggar Dime&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is the claim that Pilate actually designed the coins himself, but I can&#039;t find any support for this:</p><p><a href="http://www.numismalink.com/fontanille1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismalink.com/fontanille1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismalink.com/fontanille1.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s marketing - if you can associate an otherwise ordinary ugly coin with a biblical name, it will sell. Few people would buy these poor coins because of their eye appeal. I want the coin to have &quot;Pontius Pilate&quot; in the legend, or his portrait - or I&#039;m not interested![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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