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Pontius Pilate Coin

Significant
Pontius Pilate Coin
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Description

Bronze prutah coins minted under Pontius Pilate as prefect of Judaea (AD 26-36), featuring a simpulum (ladle) and lituus (augur's wand) — Roman religious symbols.

Biblical Significance

These coins are contemporaneous evidence of Pilate's governance of Judaea, supplementing the Pilate Inscription and literary sources about the man who sentenced Jesus.