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Pillar of the Community
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And this one?   Supposed to be from the time of Pontius Pilate. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a real but tooled prutah, issued by Judaean procurator Pontius Pilate, under Tiberius, AD 30/31. 'LIZ' is the date. The Z is blundered (is the correct term 'retrograde'?)-- I haven't seen that before but perhaps it is a known thing? Here's a good site for Roman Procurator prutot: http://www.amuseum.org/book/page12.htmlEdited by ThisIsFun
10/26/2013 08:46 am
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Pillar of the Community
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At least it is real! Thanks TIF.
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Pillar of the Community
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TIF, what do you mean it's tooled? I sort of know what you mean but can you expand for the noob here  You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
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In general, the coin is very worn and irregular yet some of the devices appear very sharp-- too sharp in context of the state of the rest of the coin, plus there are various scratches/gouges. For those reasons I think it has been 'tooled', i.e., metal removed around the devices to make them appear more prominent. I could be wrong of course. It would be the first time this year month day hour. Whew, I'm on a work-related trip far from home and am POOPED! Meeting just finished, now time for dinner and a show and then ~2 hours of sleep before heading to the airport for a long long trip home. Looks like I'll miss entering this Smackdown :( On the bright side... Vegas, baby!  |
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The devices are too sharp based on the overall wear of the coin. Therefore it appears that someone came along and cut around them to sharpen the details.
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Pillar of the Community
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hey, that coin is dated isn't it? those letter on the...back?
LIS= year(L) 16 (i s) of pontus pilats rule?
i have a dated aggripa.
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Pillar of the Community
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Sellers info is that it is 26-36 AD. I will label it as "tooled" thanks everybody.
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Even tooled, pilatus coin is cool to have, I want one too! ;-)
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Pillar of the Community
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Pish-- the date range is for Pilate's tenure as procurator (actually, might have been a prefecture rather than procuratorship).
LIZ is the date this coin was issued, regnal year 54, which correlates to CE 30/31. This is the sought after date of Pilate coins because it was presumably issued just prior to/during the crucifixion.
There are known issues with a retrograde Z. Check CNG's archives.
Agree with Dutch-- even tooled, a great coin to have!
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