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@ bronze Coins Of the Procurator of Judea Antonius Felix - BF.073
Circa: 54
AD
Additional Information: The gold mounts are modern. F
£1,500.00
Location: Great Britain
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During the first half of the First Century A.D.,
following the exile of King Herod Archelaus,
Judea was ruled by a series of Procurators
appointed by the Rome. The lands of Ancient
Israel were annexed to the Roman province of
Syria, with the administration centered in the
city of Caesarea. Some of the Procurators,
such as Antonius Felix, struck their own coins.
Although these coins were technically minted
under Roman authority, they take into account
the religious beliefs of the Jewish population
and display no graven images, lest the
rebellious population be offended. Felix ruled
from 52-59 A.D., although he only minted coins
during two of those years. Today, Felix is
perhaps best remembered as the Procurator
before who St. Paul was brought to trial. "And
after certain days, when Felix came with his
wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for
Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in
Christ." - Acts 24:27
The coins of Antonius Felix are intimate
memorials of Ancient Israel. They knew the
scent of spice-stalls, heard the ranting or
merchants, and smelled the sweat and dust of
daily works. They were alive to the sounds of
Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin voices
haggling over prices in the marketplaces or
offering prayers to YHVH, Jesus, or Jupiter in
temples. This coin is a memorial to one of the
most fabled times words have recorded, when
the Jewish people struggled to be free from
Roman occupation and when the teachings of
the Jesus Christ were spread by the first
Saints. We can still feel the power of these
events resonate in the energy of this ancient
coin.
- (BF.073)
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