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Author Topic: Coins of the Procurators, Minted in Jerusalem or Caesarea?  (Read 1191 times)

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Offline v-drome

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Coins of the Procurators, Minted in Jerusalem or Caesarea?
« on: June 25, 2019, 03:45:14 pm »
Is there a consensus regarding the location of the mint that produced the coins of the procurators?  Were some produced at Jerusalem, and others at Caesarea?  Thanks, for any opinions.

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Re: Coins of the Procurators, Minted in Jerusalem or Caesarea?
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2019, 09:29:11 pm »
As I understand, Caesarea has been the presumed mint of the procuratorial coins by many numismatists since it was the seat of the Roman governors.

Kushnir-Stein notes in INJ 14 that most (all?) Judaean bronzes from Jerusalem were struck on bevelled flans ("Some observations on Palestinian coins with a bevelled edge"). Since procuratorial prutot were also struck on bevelled flans, she is suggests they too were struck in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem had a sporadically functional mint from the time of Hyrcanus I until at least Archelaus, so it would have made sense to simply continue minting coins such moulds were uncovered in Caesarea (see Ariel's 2012 study "Judean Perspectives of Ancient Mints and Minting Technology," INR 7). Consequently I find Jerusalem to be a more likely mint than Caesarea for procuratorial prutot.
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Re: Coins of the Procurators, Minted in Jerusalem or Caesarea?
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2019, 05:38:55 pm »
Meshorer felt the character, technique and design of the Procurators coins closely followed Herod's minting style, placing the mint in Jerusalem. (TJC p176)

He mentions two other pieces of evidence. The very different style of later Caesarea coins and the finding of a discarded Pilate coin with the casting sprue intact in Jerusalem

It does lean toward Jerusalem

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Re: Coins of the Procurators, Minted in Jerusalem or Caesarea?
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2019, 03:18:12 am »
Thank you, Aarmale and 77HK77.  I am working on adding a number of Judaean coins to my gallery that were minted in Jerusalem and found at Caesarea.  Your information is very helpful.

Best regards, Jimi

 

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