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A “Julia Lepton”

A “Julia Lepton”



‎Pontius Pilate minted this coin, known as the “Julia lepton,” in Jerusalem in A.D. 29. The obverse features a “simpulum,” a ceremonial ladle used at Roman sacrifices to make libations and to taste the liquids to be poured on sacrificial victims. The inscription reads “Of Emperor Tiberius.” On the reverse, the inscription “Of Empress Julia” (Tiberius’ mother) rings barley stalks. The lepton, the “widow’s mite” of Mark 12:42, was the smallest denomination of coin used in first-century Palestine.
‎Jer 7:18, Jer 32:29, Mark 12:42, Luke 3:1, John 19:1–16

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