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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 5387362, member: 75482&quot;]In the gospel, Jesus specifically asks for a &quot;denarius&quot; (δηνάριον [Mark 12:15]). He then makes a point of the fact that the coin bears the portrait and inscription of &quot;Caesar&quot;. It is interesting that the evangelist is specific about the denomination rather than using a more generic term. The author of Mark typically uses Latinate words for coins, even though he is writing in Greek. This is taken by many as evidence that the Gospel was composed for a western community, perhaps in Rome itself. As the preceding post suggests, the relevant question for many is not which coins may have circulated in 1st century Judaea but which coin was in the mind of the evangelist. That coin is explicitly a denarius (δηνάριον) bearing the portrait (εἰκὼν) and inscription (ἐπιγραφή) of Caesar (Καίσαρος). The &quot;Livia seated&quot; type was issued through most of the reign of Tiberius and is by far his most common type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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