Judaea Ancient Biblical Assorted Bronze Prutah Coin Collection 100BC - 36AD a Group of One Hundred Sixty Eight Coins Biblical Period Holy Land Circulation Coinage with Untouched Surfaces Original Desert Patina Uncleaned As Found Condition Unattributed Judaean Bronze Prutah Coins Awaiting Further Study Including Examples of Hasmonean and Early Roman Provincial Issues Circa Second Century BC to First Century AD Biblical Period Large Study Collection Numismatic Research Group A Substantial Group of Ancient Judaean Bronze Prutah Coins Recovered and Preserved with Their Original Desert Patina Many Examples Appear Consistent with Types Issued Under the Hasmonean Dynasty Including Rulers such as Alexander Jannaeus and John Hyrcanus I as well as Early Roman Administration Issues from the Period of the Judaea Procurators Under the Roman Empire These Small Bronze Coins Are Widely Known in Biblical Context and Are Often Associated with the Widow's Mite Mentioned in the Gospels of the New Testament Referring to the Humble Prutah Coinage Circulating in Judaea During the Lifetime of Jesus The Coins Remain Uncleaned and Retain a Natural Encrustation of Mineral Deposits and Desert Sand That has Hardened Over Centuries Rather Than Dirt This Authentic Desert Patina Is Highly Valued by Collectors Because it Preserves the Historical Surface and Often Highlights the Original High Relief Details of the Coins The Group Includes Numerous Coins That Remain Partially Obscured by Their Natural Deposits and May Reward Further Scholarly Study and Attribution Offering Potential for Identification of Additional Types and Rulers from the Hasmonean and Early Roman Periods Approx: 1/2"W In Good Condition for an Item of this Type and Age With a Natural Encrustation of Mineral Deposits and Desert Sand That has Hardened Over Centuries We Provide Efficient and Economical In-house Shipping Services US & Worldwide also including White Glove Door-to-Door Delivery Service with Personal Drivers Across the Tri-State Area For Further Details Please Select 'Buyer Arranged Shipping' and Contact our Office in Overall Good Condition Please View all Photographs Closely Out of a New York City Estate Thank you for Bidding with Gold Coast Auctioneers 50 Werman ct Plainview NY 11803 tel. 516-586-3992 We are now accepting Consignments for our future auction Search Words: We Provide Efficient and Economical In-house Shipping Services US & Worldwide also including White Glove Door-to-Door Delivery Service with Personal Drivers Across the Tri-State Area For Further Details Please Select 'Buyer Arranged Shipping' and Contact our Office in Overall Good Condition Please View all Photographs Closely Out of a New York City Estate Thank you for Bidding with Gold Coast Auctioneers 50 Werman ct Plainview NY 11803 tel. 516-586-3992 We are now accepting Consignments for our future auction Search Words: Menorah Chanukkah Barmitzwah Mezuzah Etrog Ethrog Megillah Besamin Yad Pointer Torah Kiddush Kiddish Sefer Scroll Havdallah Spice Tower Chalice Megillah Netilat Yadayim Challah Tzedakah Matzah Shofar Grogger Abraham Ezra Hazorfim Bezelel Bezalel School Wailing Wall Synagogue Haggadah Sidur Avodat Bible Shabbat Holi Holy Land Israel Isreali Damascus Jerusalem Yemenite Palestine Assyrian Rabi Passover Esther Elijah Noah Ark Isaac Yeheskel Ben Zion Kedem Fay Avishay Frank Meisler Yaacov Heller Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert Zelig Segal Harold Rabinowitz Robert Hendery Michael Ende Rimonim Yaacov Abram Netafim Masorett Carmel Shabi Joseph Zweig David Heinz Gumbel Arie Ofir Michael Kupietzky Jacob Loschhorn Hebrew S Nadav Ilya Schor Toby Pascher Yossi Swed Buccellati Judaic Jesus Christ Widow's Mite Numismatic Hasmonean Dynasty Procurators Desert Coinage Numismatic Study Group Archaeological Coins Antiquities Early Roman Provincial