Roger Uselton Collection of Ancient and Biblical Coins
Coin Detail
- Uselton Catalog #: 8
- Class: Biblical
- Ruling Authority: Agrippa I (41-44 A.D.)
- Date Struck: 41-42 A.D.
- Type: AE (bronze) prutah
- Size: 16.03 mm.
- Weight: 2.5 g.
- Die Axis:
- Obverse: A canopy surrounded by Greek inscription [AΓPI]ΠA BACIΛEW[C] (of king Agrippa).
- Reverse: Three ears of grain and the date. (ς sixth year?).
- Exergue:
- References: Cf. Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 52, no. 120.
- Original #: 15
Mint of Jerusalem. Agrippa I is mentioned in Acts 12:1-2: “It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.”