My favorite Bible theme

[lim]

I wanted to show you my favorite coin. The coin concerns the Bible. A coin from the time of Jesus Herod Antipas.

I wonder if anyone deals with Bible coins?

Edited November 15, 2024 by lim

[CPK]

Very nice! I'd love to add a coin of Herod Antipas to my collection someday.

I also collect coins of the Bible - mostly centered around the travels of St. Paul as recorded in the book of Acts. It's a fun theme and very immersive. To anyone interested I highly recommend the book The Pocket Guide to St. Paul: Coins encountered by the Apostle on his travels by Peter Lewis and Ron Bolden. (Wakefield Press, 2002)

This little coin doesn't get much recognition among collectors of Biblical coins, but it was struck and circulated at the same time and in the same general region where Jesus conducted his ministry:

SYRIA, GADARA
Time of Tiberius
AE (11.40mm,1.88g, 12h)
Struck AD 28/9
Obverse: ΤΙΒΕΡΙω, bare head of Tiberius right
Reverse: LЧ-B (date) to left and right of caduceus
References: RPC Online, Vol. I, No. 4814 (6th specimen this coin)
This coin illustrated on wildwinds.com
Very rare. Excellent condition for the type. Gadara was a city located just southeast of the Sea of Galilee, and is perhaps best-known for its mention in the gospel of Mark as the region where Jesus healed the demoniac Legion and allowed the demons into a herd of swine (5:1-20.) This coin would have been struck around the same time as these events.

 

 

[lim]

I wanted to show a coin from another era. These are the Amauri Crusaders, 2nd Crusade against Jerusalem. On the coin there is an image of the Holy Sepulcher

[lim]

Pontius Pilate 30 AD Prut

[lim]

Herod the Great

[PeteB]

6 hours ago, lim said:

I wonder if anyone deals with Bible coins?

See my coins at this link:

http://akropoliscoins.com/page5.html