Description: Roman Governor of Judaea, Valerius Gratus, (Struck under Tiberius) AD 15-26, AE Prutah. NGC # 6157954-502. Antiquities, XVIII.2.2. Free United States USPS priority, insured, shipping. Adult signature required. Background: In 26 AD (40 years after Roman Governor, Valerius Gratus) the part of the province of Syria known as Judea came under the rule of a cruel and avaricious Roman procurator who had no respect for Jewish religious traditions. Abuses multiplied, and a reaction from Zealots — Jews long opposed to the Roman presence in their homeland — was not long in coming. Rebels whose patience had run out slaughtered a Roman garrison in Jerusalem. Others seized weapons at Masada, a fortress atop a mesa near the Dead Sea. Those acts brought about the Jewish War, a war that reached its climax in the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by the Roman legions and ended with the fall of Masada.Roman rule over Judea began in 63 bc, after a centuries-long struggle over the blending of Greek culture and Jewish tradition exploded into civil war. The Roman general Pompey intervened and attacked Jerusalem in 66 bc. After a three-year siege, the city surrendered and Pompey annexed Judea to Roman-ruled Syria. Several rulers favorable to Rome — of whom Herod the Great was the most famous — governed Judea until 6 ad. For most of the next several decades, Roman procurators governed Judea as a part of the province of Syria.The procurators could not comprehend what they regarded as the strange customs of an alien country. Actions that were insignificant in their eyes sometimes caused an uproar. When procurator Pontius Pilate moved his army from Caesarea to Jerusalem, a crowd of Jews walked 70 miles to Caesarea and lay prone around Pilate’s house for five days. They were objecting to the effigies of the emperor Augustus on the standards of his infantry. To the more zealous Jews, such symbols of the emperor as a Roman god violated the Second Commandment ban on ‘graven images
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Denomination: AE Prutah
Historical Period: Roman: Imperial (27 BC-476 AD)
Year: 26 AD
Era: Ancient
Certification Number: 6157954-502
Grade: Antiquities, XVIII.2.2.
Country/Region of Manufacture: Israel
Ruler: Tiberius
Modified Item: No
Certification: NGC
Date: 12 AD
