JD96399. Bronze prutah, Hendin 6370; Meshorer TJC 331; Sofaer 34; RPC I 4967; BMC Palestine p. 257, 54, F, bare metal, encrustations, porosity, uneven strike, reverse edge beveled, remnants of pre-strike casting sprues, Jerusalem mint, weight 2.485g, maximum diameter 16.39mm, die axis 0
o, 29 A.D.; obverse IOYΛIA KAICAPOC, three bound heads of barley, the outer two heads drooping; reverse TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC (of Tiberius Caesar) and date LIΣ (year 16) surrounding simpulum (libation ladle); from the J. Berlin Caesarea Collection, surface find at Caesarea Maritima, Israel;
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