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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7807156, member: 84905&quot;]My coin is from Künker Auction 334, lot 2181</p><p><br /></p><p>Künker attributed the coin to Annius Rufus:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Annius Rufus, 12-15. Æ-Prutah, year 39 (=12), JerusalemEE; 1,89 g. KAICA-POC ([coin] of Augustus) ear of corn with notable awns (barleyEE)//L – ΛΘ (in the year 39 [of the reign of Augustus]) date palm with two clusters. Hendin no. 1329; Kokkinos 94 fig. 7; Meshorer, Treasury 256 no. 313.</p><p>Heavier inscrustation; one casting spur partially preserved, nearly very fine</p><p><br /></p><p>Overbeck – Meshorer no. 207.</p><p><br /></p><p>Annius Rufus succeeded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Ambivulus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Ambivulus" rel="nofollow">Marcus Ambivulus</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefect" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefect" rel="nofollow">Prefect</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea" rel="nofollow">Judea</a> in 12 AD. His tenure was apparently without incident since the only event that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus" rel="nofollow">Josephus</a> reports as occurring while he was in office is the death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" rel="nofollow">Augustus</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" rel="nofollow">Rome</a> in 14 AD. He was succeeded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Gratus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Gratus" rel="nofollow">Valerius Gratus</a> in 15 AD.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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