426, Lot: 406. Estimate $75. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Procurators. Pontius Pilate. 26-36 CE. Æ Prutah (15.1mm, 2.18 g, 12h). Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 17 of Tiberius (30/1 CE). Lituus / L IZ (date, with Z retrograde) within wreath. RPC I 4968; Meshorer 333b; Hendin 1342a. Fine, dark green to black patina with some earthen highlights/deposits, a few traces of red.

From the Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, purchased from Charles H. Wolfe, August 1987.