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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5431784, member: 75937"]<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Guide-Saint-Paul-Encountered/dp/1862545626" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Guide-Saint-Paul-Encountered/dp/1862545626" rel="nofollow">This</a> is NOT a how to collect coins book, but you might think it's interesting and it may give you an idea about what kinds of coins you might want to collect. It's a book about what coins Paul might have encountered during the course of his missionary journeys.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236031[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, this coin of Caesarea was in circulation when Paul and his companions arrived in that city (Acts 21:8) in AD 57.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236039[/ATTACH]</p><p>Claudius, AD 41-54.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 7.11 g.</p><p>Cappadocia? Cilicia?, Caesarea, AD 45-46.</p><p>Obv: ΤΙΒЄΡΙΟϹ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Claudius, r.</p><p>Rev: ΚΑΙⳞΑΡΕΩΝ ΕΤΟΥⳞ Ε; veiled Tyche, seated r., on rocks and holding ears of corn; below, river god.</p><p>Refs: RPC I 4086; SNG von Aulock 6348 (Caesarea in Cappadocia); SNG Copenhagen 177 (Caesarea in Cappadocia); RG 4744-45; BMC 21.31,4.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another book you might be interested in is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IAVPKA6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IAVPKA6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" rel="nofollow">this one</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236049[/ATTACH]</p><p>It is not limited to the New Testament period; rather, it emphasizes coins from ancient Judea, such as this "widow's mite," a prutah of Alexander Jannaeus:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/alexander-jannaeus-prutah-1144-jpg.955013/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), 103-76 BC.</p><p>Judean Æ Prutah, 2.25 g, 13.8 mm.</p><p>Jerusalem mint.</p><p>Obv: Hebrew inscription "Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" surrounded by wreath.</p><p>Rev: Double cornucopiae, pomegranate between horns.</p><p>Refs: Meshorer Group P; Hendin 1144.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5431784, member: 75937"][URL='https://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Guide-Saint-Paul-Encountered/dp/1862545626']This[/URL] is NOT a how to collect coins book, but you might think it's interesting and it may give you an idea about what kinds of coins you might want to collect. It's a book about what coins Paul might have encountered during the course of his missionary journeys. [ATTACH=full]1236031[/ATTACH] For example, this coin of Caesarea was in circulation when Paul and his companions arrived in that city (Acts 21:8) in AD 57. [ATTACH=full]1236039[/ATTACH] Claudius, AD 41-54. Roman provincial Æ 24 mm, 7.11 g. Cappadocia? Cilicia?, Caesarea, AD 45-46. Obv: ΤΙΒЄΡΙΟϹ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ; bare head of Claudius, r. Rev: ΚΑΙⳞΑΡΕΩΝ ΕΤΟΥⳞ Ε; veiled Tyche, seated r., on rocks and holding ears of corn; below, river god. Refs: RPC I 4086; SNG von Aulock 6348 (Caesarea in Cappadocia); SNG Copenhagen 177 (Caesarea in Cappadocia); RG 4744-45; BMC 21.31,4. Another book you might be interested in is [URL='https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IAVPKA6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1']this one[/URL]. [ATTACH=full]1236049[/ATTACH] It is not limited to the New Testament period; rather, it emphasizes coins from ancient Judea, such as this "widow's mite," a prutah of Alexander Jannaeus: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/alexander-jannaeus-prutah-1144-jpg.955013/[/IMG] Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan), 103-76 BC. Judean Æ Prutah, 2.25 g, 13.8 mm. Jerusalem mint. Obv: Hebrew inscription "Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" surrounded by wreath. Rev: Double cornucopiae, pomegranate between horns. Refs: Meshorer Group P; Hendin 1144.[/QUOTE]
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