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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
4062519
Area
Coins
Title
Roman Empire - Judea AE Prutah (Prefect Antonius Felix) 52-60 CE
Country
Face value
Year
54
Variety / overstrike
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
3.42
Diameter
18
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
NEPW KLAV KAICAP ("Nero Claudius Caesar"); two oblong shields and two spears crossed
Reverse
BPIT ("Britannicus"); LID KAI (year 14 of Caesar); Palm-tree
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Hendin 652, Hendin 1348, Meshorer TJC 340, SGICV 5626, RPC I 4971
Details
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.
Ruler (period AD)
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PREFECTS
Coponius (6–9),
Marcus Ambivulus (9–12),
Annius Rufus (12–15),
Valerius Gratus (15–26),
Pontius Pilate (26–36),
Marcellus (36–37),
Marullus (37–41),
Agrippa I (41–44),
PROCURATOR
Cuspius Fadus (44–46),
Tiberius Julius Alexander (46–48),
Ventidius Cumanus (48–52),
Marcus Antonius Felix (52–60),
Porcius Festus (60–62),
Lucceius Albinus (62–64),
Gessius Florus (64–66),
Marcus Antonius Julianus (66–70),
LEGATE
Sextus Vettulenus Cerialis (70–71),
Lucilius Bassus (71–72),
Lucius Flavius Silva (72–81),
M. Salvidenus (80–85),
Cnaeus Pompeius Longinus (c.86),
Sextus Hermetidius Campanus (c.93),
Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes (99–102),
Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus (102–104),
Quintus Pompeius Falco (105–107),
Tiberianus (114–117),
Lusius Quietus (117-120),
Lucius Cossonius Gallus (120),
Quintus Tineius Rufus (132–135),
Sextus Julius Severus (c.135)