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Prutah of Judaea with palm branch, struck under Porcius Festus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 59
Mint: Judaea, Jerusalem
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 1.96 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1360
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Palm branch.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Olive wreath tied with an X.
Inscription in Greek within wreath.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Olive wreath tied with an X.
Inscription in Greek within wreath.
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.