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Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, 4 B.C. - 39 A.D.
Herod Antipas is best known for his role in the executions of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth. Augustus divided the kingdom of Herod the Great, among his three sons. Antipas was made Tetrarch of Galilee, Peraea, and Jewish Trans-Jordan. Antipas sponsored grand construction projects at Sepphoris and Betharamphtha, and his capital Tiberias. Antipas divorced his first wife Phasaelis, the daughter of King Aretas IV of Nabataea, and married his sister-in-law and niece Herodias. The divorce led to war with Aretas, in which Herod was defeated. In 39 A.D., his nephew Agrippa I accused Antipas of conspiracy against the new emperor Caligula. Caligula sent him into exile in Gaul. Accompanied there by Herodias, he died at an unknown date.SH87945. Bronze full denomination, Hendin 6238, Meshorer TJC 83, RPC I 4926; BMC Palestine -, SNG ANS -, F, very dark green-brown patina, encrustations, Galilee, Tiberias (Israel) mint, weight 13.851g, maximum diameter 24.9mm, die axis 0o, 30 - 31 A.D.; obverse TIBE/PIAC (Tiberias), inscription in two lines, surrounded by wreath; reverse HPWΔOY TETPAPXOY, palm branch, date L - ΛΔ across fields (year 34); ex Goldberg auction 106, lot 1148; ex Palm Desert Collection (purchase from Spink, £450, 1970s-1980s), ex Spink & Son; rare; SOLD
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