Description: Each coin is protected in an archival capsule and beautifully displayed in a deluxe custom-made cherry hardwood case. The case features a rich, forest green velour-like interior and an engraved plaque inscribed with a list of the coins. The deluxe case and a certificate of authenticity come packaged in an attractive black embossed gift box. 1. Egypt Ptolemy VI AE 20 180-145 BCE 7. Augustus Prefect Prutah 6-12CE Obverse: Portrait of Zeus; Reverse: two eagles Obverse: 8 Branched palm tree; Reverse: ear of barley 7.4-9.9g; 18.5-22mm 1.4-2.5g; 13.5-18mm 2. John Hyrcanus I Prutah 134-104 BCE 8. Pontius Pilate Prutah 26-36 CE Obverse: Hebrew inscription, Yehonanan Obverse 1: three bound ears of barley, outer two ears droop the high priest and head of the council of the surrounded by Greek inscription/ reverse : libation ladle; Jews, surrounded by wreath; Reverse: double Obverse 2: Littus surrounded by Greek inscription cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate Reverse : date within wreath;1.3- 2.2 g; 14-16mm between horns; 1.7-2.4 g; 12- 14.5mm 3. Alex Jannaeus Lepton 103-76BCE 9. Herod Agrippa I Prutah 41-44CE Obverse: Anchor; Reverse: star Obverse: Three ears of barley; Reverse: umbrella 0.3-1 g; 11-13mm 1.5-2.7 g; 16.5-18.5mm 4. John Hyrcanus II AE Prutah 63-40BCE 10. Nabataean AE Petra 40-70CE Obverse:Double cornucopia; Reverse: Obverse: Portraits of rulers; Reverse: dbl cornucopia Hebrew inscription; 1.7-2.4 g; 12-14mm 2.5-2.9 g; 14-19.5mm 5. Herod the Great AE Prutah 37-4BCE 11. Porcius Festus AE Prutah 60-62CE Obverse: Double cornucopia; Reverse: Obverse: Palm branch; Reverse: legend within wreath anchor; 1.2-1.9 g; 12-13.5mm 1.8-2.6 g; 14.5-17.5mm 6. Herod Archelaus AE Prutah 4BCE-6CE 12. First Jewish Revolt AE Prutah 66-70CE Obverse 1: Grapes; Reverse: helmet Obverse: Crude amphora; Reverse: vine leaf 1.8-3g;11.3-16.5mm 1.5-3g;15-18mm Obverse 2: Prow of galley; Reverse: inscription within wreath;1-1.5g;13-15mm The Holy Land of the Gospels Judaea 12 Bronze Coin Collection Coin type and grade may vary somewhat from image Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.—Isaiah 7:14 For centuries, Jewish prophets spoke of a Messiah—a Savior who would unite the Jews and lead them to triumph. Isaiah, Hosea, Hagai, Ezekiel, Daniel: all spoke of the coming King of the Jews, Whose title, in Greek, was Christ. The story of the Holy Land in the time of Jesus begins almost a century and a half before His birth, when the defeat of Ptolemy VI by the Seleucids in Palestine threatened the Jews in Judea. To save Jerusalem from certain destruction, the Hasmodean king John Hyrcanus opened the sepulcher of King David, withdrew 3,000 talents, and thus bribed the Syrian ruler to leave the city be. When John died in 104 BCE, he was succeeded by Alexander Jannaeus, who ruled as king for a peaceful quarter century. The “widow’s mites” mentioned in both Mark 12:41-44 and Luke 21:1-4, on Jesus’ preaching of humility and charity, are thought to be his coins. Home rule came to an end in 63 BCE, when Pompey the Great sacked Jerusalem, claiming the city for Rome, and installed Jannaeus’ son John Hyrcanus II as ruler. The next 20 years were tumultuous, during which many prophets emerged, each claiming to be the promised Messiah. It was during this time that the Essenes wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls. In 40 BCE, Herod the Great, the son of one of John II’s courtiers, was crowned “King of the Jews” by the Roman Senate. A great builder, Herod expanded the Second Temple in Jerusalem, of which only the famed Western Wall remains. When Herod was in his 70s, he was visited by “wise men from the East” who came in search of the Messiah—the King of the Jews. Fearful of a coup, Herod divined from his priests that this Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, as prophesized in Micah 5:2. As a precautionary measure, he ordered the so-called “Massacre of the Innocents,” in which all male children in the Bethlehem area under the age of two were put to death. This was both brutal and unsuccessful. Herod’s son Herod Archelaus, who took the throne in 6 BCE, when Jesus was still an infant, was so incompetent that he was removed by Caesar Augustus, who replaced him with a series of governors, known as prefects. One of the prefects appointed Caiaphas as high priest of Herod’s Temple, in 18 CE. It was Caiaphas who brought Jesus to trial, condemning him as a blasphemer. Fearful that this rabblerousing carpenter-turned-preacher would inspire a revolution, and thus lead to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, Caiaphas sent Jesus to Pontius Pilate, demanding that He be executed. Herod Agrippa I was the ruler of the Roman province of Judæa during the crucifixion, which modern astronomers have calculated took place on Friday, April 3, 33 CE. A confederate of the deranged Roman Emperor Caligula—who believed himself to be the Jewish Messiah—Agrippa vigorously persecuted followers of Jesus, imprisoning the Apostle Peter. Many of the displaced Christians found safe haven with the Nabateans—ancient Arab traders then living across the River Jordan. Porcius Festus was imperial prefect when St. Paul, then languishing in prison, was sent to Rome to stand trial in 60 CE. Peter and Paul were both executed in Rome circa 64 CE, two years before the First Jewish Revolt that led to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE. By then, there was no question, at least to the rapidly expanding number of Christians in the Roman Empire, which the true Messiah was indeed Jesus Christ.
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