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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Judean & Biblical Coins| > |Roman Procurators| > |Antonius Felix| > JD97346
Judaea, Antonius Felix, Roman Procurator Under Claudius and Nero, 52 - 60 A.D.
|Antonius| |Felix|, |Judaea,| |Antonius| |Felix,| |Roman| |Procurator| |Under| |Claudius| |and| |Nero,| |52| |-| |60| |A.D.|, In 54 A.D., violence erupted in Caesarea in response to a local ordinance restricting the rights of Jews. Jews and pagans clashed. The Roman garrison, made up of Syrians, sided with the pagans. Jews, armed with clubs and swords, gathered in the marketplace. Antonius Felix ordered his troops to charge. Violence continued and Felix asked Nero to arbitrate. Nero, sided with the pagans only increasing the Jews' anger.
JD97346. Bronze prutah, Hendin 6376; Meshorer TJC 342; BMC Palestine p. 261, 1; Sofaer pl. 220, 62; RPC I 4970, Choice VF, centered, green patina, earthen deposits, parts of legends weak, obverse edge beveled, traces of pre-strike casting sprues, Jerusalem mint, weight 2.378g, maximum diameter 16.6mm, die axis 0o, under Claudius, 54 A.D.; obverse IOY/ΛIA AΓ/PIΠΠI/NA (Julia Agrippina [wife of Claudius]) in four lines within a wreath tied at the bottom with an X; reverse TI KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP ΓEPM (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Germanicus), two crossed palm fronds, L IΔ (year 14) below; SOLD




  







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