Ryan Center for Biblical Studies

• Uselton Catalog #: 9
• Class: Biblical
• Ruling Authority: Antonius Felix (52-59 A.D.)
• Date Struck: 54 A.D.
• Type: AE (bronze) prutah
• Size: 16.5 mm.
• Weight: 2.24 g.
• Die Axis:
• Obverse: ???/Λ?? ?Γ/??ΠΠ/I?? (Julia Agrippina - wife of Claudius), within a wreath tied at the bottom with an X.
• Reverse: TI KΛ??ΔIOC KAICAP ΓEPM (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Germanicus), two crossed palm fronds, L IΔ below (year 14).
• Exergue:
• References: Hendin 651 or 1347? Meshorer 342?
• Original #: 29

Caesarea mint. “After Paul the Apostle was arrested in Jerusalem and rescued from a plot against his life, the local Roman chiliarch Claudius Lysias transferred him to Caesarea, where he stood trial before Felix. On at least one further occasion Felix and his wife Drusilla heard Paul discourse, and later on frequently sent for Paul and talked with him (Acts 24:24-26). When Felix was succeeded as procurator, having already detained Paul for two years, he left him imprisoned as a favor to the Jews (Acts 24:27).” –Wiki