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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1059993, member: 57463&quot;]Nonsense!</p><p><br /></p><p>Any one of six Caesars might have been on that coin mentioned in the synoptic Books of Matthew at 22:16 and Mark at 12:13 and Luke 20:22.&nbsp; But your most likely candidate for the kind of coin that Jesus held to make his point is a Lucius/Caius reverse of Octavius.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>See here: <a href="http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/caesars.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/caesars.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/caesars.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The knowledgeable numismatist gets around the moneychangers by understanding the times and places and people.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For the price of a Tiberius, you could get a handful of Greek bronzes from most of the towns visited by Luke and Paul.&nbsp; And remember, Mary and Joseph (and Jesus, of course) escaped the Slaughter of the Innocents by fleeing to Egypt.&nbsp; How about a nice Alexandirian Egyptian tetradrachm?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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