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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5387148, member: 110350&quot;]I don&#039;t think we do know. There&#039;s an argument that the denarius didn&#039;t even circulate in Judaea.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there are at least six different general &quot;Giard Lyon&quot; groups of the &quot;Tribute Penny&quot; issued during Tiberius&#039;s reign (based on the evolution of the style of both sides over time), and I&#039;ve seen many different obverse dies with varying portraits. See the extended discussion of these groups at</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tribute%20penny" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tribute%20penny" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tribute penny</a>. As you can see, his nose, and the rest of his face, vary widely. I haven&#039;t taken the time to figure out which group yours is. There are photos of 18 different examples, three for each group.</p><p><br /></p><p>Towards the bottom, there&#039;s a long discussion of the alternate possibilities for what coin (for instance, some type of tetradrachm) might have been the basis for the Biblical reference.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my example:</p><p><br /></p><p>Tiberius AR Denarius, 18-35 AD, Lugdunum (Lyons) Mint, “Tribute Penny.” Obv. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG AVGVSTVS, Laureate head right/ Rev. PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, holding long sceptre &amp; olive branch, seated right on throne with ornate legs, her feet resting on low footstool, single line below.&nbsp; RIC I 30, RSC II 16a, Sear RCV I 1763, Giard Lyon, group 4, 150 [<i>see <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tribute%20penny" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tribute%20penny" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=tribute penny</a></i>].&nbsp; 19 mm., 3.82 g.&nbsp; Toned Very Fine. <i>Ex: Tom Cederlind Sale 86 (1989), 305; Ex: JMB collection; Ex: Kirk Davis, Cat # 72, Fall 2018, Lot 80.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1231257[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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