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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Judean & Biblical Coins| > |Herodian Dynasty| > |Herod Antipas| > SH06150
Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, 4 B.C. - 39 A.D.
|Herod| |Antipas|, |Herod| |Antipas,| |Tetrarch| |of| |Galilee| |and| |Perea,| |4| |B.C.| |-| |39| |A.D.|, POSSIBLE CRUCIFIXION YEAR COIN. The Bible does not tell the date of the Crucifixion, but based on Biblical clues, the Jewish calendar and astronomical evidence many scholars believe it was Friday, April 3, 33 A.D. John the Baptist began his ministry in 28 or 29 A.D. and the Gospel of John points to three separate Passovers during Jesus' ministry. Jesus was executed on the orders of Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect of Judaea from 26 to 36 A.D. This limits the years to between 30 and 36 A.D. John P. Meier's, A Marginal Jew, cites 7 April 30 A.D., 3 April 33 A.D., and 30 March 36 A.D. as astronomically possible Friday Nisan 14 dates during this period. Isaac Newton, using the crescent of the moon, determined the year was 34 A.D. but John Pratt argued that Newton made a minor computation error and 33 A.D. was the accurate answer using Newton's method. Using similar computations, in 1990 astronomer Bradley Schaefer arrived at Friday, April 3, 33 A.D. A third method, using a completely different astronomical approach (consistent with Apostle Peter's reference to a "moon of blood" in Acts 2:20) based on a lunar Crucifixion darkness and eclipse model arrives at the same date, Friday, April 3, 33 A.D.
SH06150. Bronze half denomination, Meshorer TJC 88a; Hendin 6242 var. (normal Z); RPC I 4931 var. (same); BMC Palestine p. 229, 6 var. (same), aVF, Galilee, Tiberias (Israel) mint, weight 6.60g, maximum diameter 19.7mm, die axis 0o, 32 - 33 A.D.; obverse TIBE/PIAC (Tiberias), inscription in two lines, surrounded by wreath; reverse HPWΔOY TETPAPXOY (of Herod the tetrarch), palm frond upright with slight curves, L ΛΖ (year 37, Z is upside-down) across fields; artificial highlighting red patina (can easily be removed) over natural green patina; extremely rare; SOLD










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