page_title: Roman Procurator coinage
section_title: Valerius Gratus
hierarchical_section_title: Roman Procurator coinage / Valerius Gratus
caption_attribution_description: Bronze prutah minted by Pontius Pilate.Reverse: Greek letters TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC (Tiberius Emperor) and date LIS (year 16 = AD 29/30) surrounding simpulum (libation ladle).Obverse: Greek letters IOYLIA KAICAPOC (Julia, i.e. Livia, the Emperor's (mother)), three bound heads of barley, the outer two heads drooping. For black and white tracing, see File:C+B-Penny-Picture2-CoinOfPontiusPilate.PNG
context_page_description: Roman Procurator coinage were coins issued by the Roman Procurators and Prefects of the province of Judea between AD 6 and 66. They minted only one denomination and size, the bronze prutah.
  Not all of the Procurators issued coinage. Those that did were Coponius, Marcus Ambivulus, Valerius Gratus, Pontius Pilate, Antonius Felix and Porcius Festus, who between them issued a total of 19 different coins. The last three Procurators Lucceius Albinus, Gessius Florus and Marcus Antonius Julianus didn't issue any coins as the tidings of the First Jewish-Roman War was in the air and the leaders of the revolt started issuing their own coins.
context_section_description: Valerius Gratus was Prefect of Judaea under the Emperor Tiberius. Gratus issued several different types of coins in as many years. The symbols represented on his coins included palm branches, lilies, cornucopia, grape leaves and amphorae.  His coins showed Caesar's title within a wreath, and the Emperor's name 'TIB' or his mother, Julia (IOYLIA), and the year of his reign above two cornucopiae.
caption: Coin of Pontius Pilate from 29 AD depicting a Roman simpulum and ears of barley
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