Judean Procurator Prutah Coins

After Rome banished Herod Archelaus from Judea in 6 AD, Rome assigned governors, called "prefects", or "procurators" to govern the territory of Judea.  The men who were appointed to these positions between 6 and 41 AD governed Judea and took a supervisory role over the Jerusalem temple, including appointing the high priests.

The only names attributed on these bronze prutah coins were names of Caesar's household.  Coins of the roman governors attributed the coins to the ruler who minted them based upon the year that the coins were made.

Roman procurator governors in Judaea Israel minted bronze prutah coins between AD 6 and 66.   The procurators, who themselves were not Jewish respected the local Jewish sensitivities by not minting any images of living creatures or persons. 

The coins were minted in Jerusalem.   A number of the coins minted were by procurators in the Bible, such as Pontius Pilate who authorized Jesus’s crucifixion and Felix and Festus who tried the apostle Paul and sent him to Ceasar when he appealed.    There were also coins minted by the Herods which are not included in the procurator coins but can be found under the Herodian Coins section.   Coins minted by Pontius Pilate are listed both in the Pilate Coins and Procurator collections.

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Procurator Coins – Biblicalmites