A bronze prutah of Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea under Tiberius. Barbaric striking. Obv.: A lituus surrounded by Greek insc. TIBIP[IOY KAIC]AP[OC] (of Tiberius Caesar). The lituus is facing left and the insc. is retrograde. Rev.: The distort date LIZ (year 17) in wreath. 30 C.E. 1.7 grams, 16 mm, axis 10. For a similar example see: TJC 333g.