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Prutah - Claudius I Marcus Antonius Felix as Procurator
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 54 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Greek legend ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ arranged in four lines within a laurel wreath tied at the bottom with an X-shaped knot, referencing Julia Agrippina, wife of Emperor Claudius. The wreath frames the inscription symmetrically, with leaves extending to either side across the coin's field. No portrait or figural motif is present; the design is entirely epigraphic in character. The coin exhibits an irregular, roughly circular flan typical of Judaean provincial bronze coinage of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Felix — a freedman of the imperial household appointed procurator of Judaea around 52 AD — issued this bronze in the name of Claudius in the emperor's final year. The appointment was controversial from the start; Tacitus wrote that Felix "practised every kind of cruelty and lust, wielding the power of a king with all the instincts of a slave." He held the post through Nero's accession and well into the 60s, presiding over escalating civil unrest that would eventually ignite the Jewish revolt of 66 AD.