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Prutah - Tiberius Valerius Gratus as Prefect
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 16-17 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND - LΓ (year 3); ΤΙΒΕΙΡΟΥ on reverse - ND (16-17) - LΓ (year 3) - |
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Valerius Gratus served as prefect of Judaea from 15 to 26 CE — longer than any of his predecessors and immediately before Pontius Pilate. He appointed and removed four high priests in rapid succession, a power play that kept the Jerusalem priesthood politically off-balance throughout his tenure. This prutah belongs to the second of three distinct annual issues he struck under Tiberius, each varying in type while consistently invoking imperial symbolism calculated to assert Roman administrative authority without overtly violating Jewish aniconic sensibilities.