1 RARE PONTIUS PILATE Good Grade Crucifier of Jesus 26-36AD Minted only3 years

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There is no coin this rare that also
has a History that no other coin could claim
One of the Most Famous Coins in History
He is best known as the man who was the Judge at the trial of
JESUS and ordered his Crucifixion
photo 2 is for display only to show the different types of coins that were minted
other photo is one of the coins you will receive
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Type 1 on the right
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PONTIUS PILATE
PREFECT UNDER TIBERIUS
26-36AD
This coin comes in a Beautiful Display album with the story of the coin, Pontius Pilate
and comes with a
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Certificate of Authenticity
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SIZE RANGE: 14-16MM, WEIGHT RANGE:1.5-2.2G
METAL: BRONZE
DENOMINATION: PRUTAH
Most ancient coins were minted for many years and some decades
Not this coin
This coin was only minted from 29 A.D. - 31 A.D.
""""3 Lonely years""""
INTRODUCTION:
They are not really beautiful, , nor are they of very great monetary value. Yet these apparently modest coins carry in their weight an era and an act which would have immense consequence to the history of the world. Indeed, they are closely associated with three basic factors which saw the foundation of Christianity :
1 - The temporal proximity
: Most modern experts agree in recognizing that the year now designated 30 C.E. marked the trial and the death of Jesus. Given that time-frame, Pilate’s coins were minted in 29, 30 and 31 C.E.
2 -The geographic proximity
: The most credible hypothesis indicates that these particular coins where struck in Jerusalem, the city in which the significant events took place.
3 - The human proximity
: Pontius Pilate himself designed and put the coins into circulation,
and of course he was the man who conducted the trial and ordered the crucifixion of Jesus.
So it is that everyone, whether a believer or simply a lover of history or of numismatics, will find in these coins direct evidence of and witness
to an episode the memory of which has survived 2000 years : A momentous event which has to a great extent fashioned the world we know.
Pontius Pilate was a Roman governor, or prefect, from 26 to 36 C.E. He issued a small number of bronze prutah coins during a three year period. He is most famous for presiding at the trial of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and sentencing him to die by crucifixion, an event that was destined to fundamentally alter the course of human history. To this day, 2000 years later, the ongoing significance of that event cannot be overstated. While we are certain about his coins, other aspects of Pontius Pilate’s legacy are less well known.
For most of two millennia historians and theologians have debated the facts of Pontius Pilate's actions, words, motivations and sentiments during his tenure as governor, especially the exact extent of Pilate's role and his level of responsibility for Jesus' condemnation. Was Pilate’s actions a result of coercion, legal requirements, or was he a malicious and willing participant in the persecution of Jesus? The countless historical written accounts portray Pilate from conflicting points of view. Certainly Pilate had the authority as Prefect to do with Jesus as he wished. Among Pilate's detractors, Philo of Alexandria was not alone in vilifying Pilate in his writings, where Pilate is described as
"…inflexible, stubborn, of cruel disposition. He executed troublemakers without a trial."
Philo refers to Pilate's
"venality, his violence, thefts, assaults, abusive behavior, endless executions, endless savage ferocity."
In stark contrast, according to all the Gospel accounts, Pilate hesitated to condemn Jesus, but eventually was forced to give in when the crowd insisted, and the Jewish leaders reminded him that Jesus' claim to be king was a challenge to Roman authority.
Early Christian texts did their best to exonerate Pilate from responsibility for the death of Jesus. The author of the text known as the
Didascalia Apostolorum
(5.19.4) states that Pilate did not agree with Jesus' guilt; he symbolically "washed his hands" of the verdict. The Christian author Eusebius thought that the former governor felt remorse for the execution of Jesus (
History of the Church
, 2.7.1). St Augustine classified Pilate among the prophets in one of his sermons (#201). In his
Apologeticum
, the ancient church father Tertullian thought that Pilate was a Christian at heart. Pilate's wife, Claudia Procula was canonized as a saint in the Greek Orthodox Church due to her role in trying to save Christ from condemnation.
One unverified account describes Pilate being summoned to Rome by the Emperor Caligula. There, Pilate was reportedly dismissed for his alleged excesses and exiled to Gaul, where he is thought to have committed suicide in Vienne. We may never know what actually happened to Pilate after his dismissal. The Ethiopian Church, however, thinks that Pilate became a Christian and was martyred. Those Christians canonized the governor of Judaea, whose Saint's day is June 25.
Pontius Pilate's bronze prutahs of Judaea were minted in years 29, 30 and 31 C.E., in Jerusalem, at the point in time and the place where Jesus spent his last days. The coins circulated in the Holy Land during those events 2000 years ago. Pilate minted two coin designs with distinctive images: (1) The earlier type shows a simpulum, a utensil with shaft and a handle used by Roman priests to ladle wine onto ritual animal sacrifices. Reverse shows three ears of barley. (2) The later type shows a Roman lituus, the curved wooden staff held upward by
augurs
, religious men that invoked the gods and made predictions. The reverse side shows a wreath, a symbol of power and victory, found on ancient Greek, Roman and also modern coins. Greek inscriptions refer to Roman emperor Tiberius and Empress Julia. All Judaean bronze coins were crudely minted. Most surviving coins of this era are odd shaped and show only partial inscriptions
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