Tiberius Tribute Penny Denarius
Tiberius Tribute Penny Denarius (Interactive 3D Roman Denarius • Matthew 22:19–21 ): Silver denarius of Emperor Tiberius Caesar bearing his laureate portrait on obverse and seated Livia as Pax on reverse, the coin presented to Jesus in Matthew 22 . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to The Divine Nature & Incommunicable Attributes—Direct biblical revelation uniformly attributes self-existence ( Exod 3:14 ), unchangeableness ( Mal 3:6 ), eternal presence ( Ps 139 ), exhaustive omniscience ( Isa 46:10 ), and transcendent holiness ( Isa 6:3 ) to YHWH.
Church History Lineage & Historical Movements
Athanasian Creed (Quicunque Vult) (Post-Chalcedonian & Medieval (451–1517 AD)): The Athanasian Creed (named for its opening words *Quicunque vult salvus esse*, 'Whosoever will be saved') is a precise, rhythmic Latin theological canticle traditionally attributed to Athanasius but composed in 5th-century southern Gaul (likely by Caesarius of Arles or Vincent of Lerins), confessing that 'we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the Substance'. Catalyst: Anti-Arian and anti-Priscillianist theological defense in Gaul and Spain .
Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture
3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Tiberius Tribute Penny Denarius — Silver denarius of Emperor Tiberius Caesar bearing his laureate portrait on obverse and seated Livia as Pax on reverse, the coin presented to Jesus in Matthew 22 . Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III — Four-sided black limestone monument erected at Nimrud (biblical Calah ) in 825 BC by King Shalmaneser III of Assyria . Its second register preserves the earliest surviving visual depiction of a biblical figure: King Jehu of Israel ('Jehu, son of Omri') bowing to present tribute in 841 BC.
Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context
Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Matthew 22:19 : "Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny."; Revelation 6:6 : "And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine."; Luke 20:24 : "Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.". Related canonical books and chapters: Esther 10 ( Esther • Chapter 10 (3 verses)), Luke 3 ( Luke • Chapter 3 (38 verses)), Matthew 20 ( Matthew • Chapter 20 (34 verses)).