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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2110331, member: 42773&quot;]Continuing to photograph and learn about these coins, here is the third.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Judaea, Antonius Felix, Procurator under Claudius</b></p><p>AE Prutah, 19mm, 3.4g, 5h; Jerusalem, AD 54.</p><p>Obv.: TI KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP ΓEPM (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Germanicus); Two crossed palm branches / L IΔ (year 14)</p><p>Rev.: Inscription in wreath IOY/ ΛIA AΓ/ PIΠΠI/ NA (Julia Agrippina).</p><p>Reference: Hendin 1347.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]398449[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>About 75% of the letters on the obverse are visible on my coin (if you know where to look), but some are bit rough and clipped. All of the letters are visible on the reverse...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]398450[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So the only Judaean element on this coin is the symbol of crossed palms. The rest advertises the emperor and empress of Rome. It&#039;s not that I didn&#039;t know the Romans occupied Judaea during this interval of course, but for some reason I didn&#039;t think of prutoh as Roman provincial coins, which in fact is exactly what they are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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