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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1195259, member: 6229"]<p style="text-align: center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span style="color: darkorange"><b>Interesting Coins Minted 9-12 AD</b></span></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p><font size="4">From my last <b><i>Interesting </i></b>coin post, you know Augustus was Ceasar of the Roman Empire from 27 BC to 14 AD. What you may not know is that certain areas of the Roman Empire had hand-picked individual governors known as <b><i>Procurators </i></b>who ruled for the Emperator, with authority to enforce the edicts of Caesar, i.e. the collection of taxes, the maintenance of an armed guard and the power to exact punishment. The <b><i>Procurator</i></b> also minted coins for circulation. Such was the case for Judea.</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>NOTE: </b>All links are so you can see the coin denoted. No link placed in this article means I reccommend any coin, offer or firm nor is this notation a warning against coin, price or firm.</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">In AD 9 Caesar Augustus's choice for <b><i>Procurator</i></b> in Judea was Marcus Ambibulus. One of the first coins he authorized was a silver Shekel which was struck by the Jerusalem Mint (KR mintmark) circa AD 9 - AD 10 (photo courtesy of Munshandlung Ritter GmbH):</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><a href="http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/ritter/store/viewitem.asp?idProduct=2973" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/ritter/store/viewitem.asp?idProduct=2973" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/ritter/store/viewitem.asp?idProduct=2973</span></font></span></font></u></a></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">Other coins minted during Marcus Ambibulous' short reign were Bronze Prutahs. Obverses feature a barley beard curved to the right and the reverses display an eight-branched palm tree bearing two bunches of dates (photos courtesy of Quadriga Ancients):</font></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"><b><u>PRUTAH AD 9:</u></b></font></p><p><u><b><font size="4"> </font></b></u></p><p><a href="http://www.quadrigaancients.com/03/09/h636.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.quadrigaancients.com/03/09/h636.jpg" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.quadrigaancients.com/03/09/h636.jpg</span></font></span></font></u></a></p><p><b><u><font size="4"> </font></u></b></p><p><u><b><font size="4">PRUTAH AD 11:</font></b></u></p><p><u><b><font size="4"> </font></b></u></p><p><a href="http://www.quadrigaancients.com/03/09/h638-af" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.quadrigaancients.com/03/09/h638-af" rel="nofollow"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.quadrigaancients.com/03/09/h638-af</span></font></span></font></a><font size="4">.</font></p><p><b><font size="4"><u> </u></font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Hope you enjoyed seeing these Judean coins from AD 9 - AD 12...</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Clinker</font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1195259, member: 6229"][CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][COLOR=darkorange][B]Interesting Coins Minted 9-12 AD[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER] [/CENTER] [SIZE=4]From my last [B][I]Interesting [/I][/B]coin post, you know Augustus was Ceasar of the Roman Empire from 27 BC to 14 AD. What you may not know is that certain areas of the Roman Empire had hand-picked individual governors known as [B][I]Procurators [/I][/B]who ruled for the Emperator, with authority to enforce the edicts of Caesar, i.e. the collection of taxes, the maintenance of an armed guard and the power to exact punishment. The [B][I]Procurator[/I][/B] also minted coins for circulation. Such was the case for Judea.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]NOTE: [/B]All links are so you can see the coin denoted. No link placed in this article means I reccommend any coin, offer or firm nor is this notation a warning against coin, price or firm.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]In AD 9 Caesar Augustus's choice for [B][I]Procurator[/I][/B] in Judea was Marcus Ambibulus. One of the first coins he authorized was a silver Shekel which was struck by the Jerusalem Mint (KR mintmark) circa AD 9 - AD 10 (photo courtesy of Munshandlung Ritter GmbH):[/SIZE] [SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [URL="http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/ritter/store/viewitem.asp?idProduct=2973"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/ritter/store/viewitem.asp?idProduct=2973[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/URL] [SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Other coins minted during Marcus Ambibulous' short reign were Bronze Prutahs. Obverses feature a barley beard curved to the right and the reverses display an eight-branched palm tree bearing two bunches of dates (photos courtesy of Quadriga Ancients):[/SIZE] [SIZE=4] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][U]PRUTAH AD 9:[/U][/B][/SIZE] [U][B][SIZE=4] [/SIZE][/B][/U] [URL="http://www.quadrigaancients.com/03/09/h636.jpg"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.quadrigaancients.com/03/09/h636.jpg[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/URL] [B][U][SIZE=4] [/SIZE][/U][/B] [U][B][SIZE=4]PRUTAH AD 11:[/SIZE][/B][/U] [U][B][SIZE=4] [/SIZE][/B][/U] [URL="http://www.quadrigaancients.com/03/09/h638-af"][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.quadrigaancients.com/03/09/h638-af[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4].[/SIZE] [B][SIZE=4][U] [/U][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]Hope you enjoyed seeing these Judean coins from AD 9 - AD 12...[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=Times New Roman]Clinker[/FONT][/SIZE] [/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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