- Object Name:
- Coin
- Title:
- Prutah of Procurator Valerius Gratus
- Place Made:
- Jerusalem
- Date:
- 16 CE
- Medium:
- Bronze
- Dimensions:
- Diameter: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Samuel Friedenberg Collection
- Accession Number:
- FBS 156
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Procurator was the title given to the governors of the Roman province of Judaea, appointed by Rome. Procurators issued coins with the names of the Roman emperors they served, rather than their own. The symbols they chose were considerate of Jewish sensibilities—they did not include portraits of emperors, but rather designs of Jewish character, such as the produce of the land.
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