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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Judean & Biblical Coins| > |Herodian Dynasty| > |Herod Antipas| > JD95782
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.|, Herod Antipas is best known for his roles in the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth and the beheading of John the Baptist. When Augustus divided the kingdom of his father, Herod the Great, Antipas was made Tetrarch of Galilee, Peraea, and Jewish Trans-Jordan. His divorce from Phasaelis, the daughter of King Aretas IV of Nabataea, led to war with in which he was defeated. His marriage to his sister-in-law and niece Herodias was condemned by John the Baptist, for which he had the preacher executed. Pilate sent Jesus to him for judgement, but Antipas sent him back to Pilate's court. In 39 A.D., he was accused of conspiracy. Caligula exiled him to Gaul, where he died at an unknown date.
JD95782. Bronze quarter denomination, Hendin 6232 (R), Meshorer TJC 77, RPC I 4920; BMC Palestine p. 230, 9, VF, dark green patina with red earthen highlighting, tight flan, obverse a little off center, Galilee, Tiberias (Israel) mint, weight 4.013g, maximum diameter 14.7mm, die axis 315o, 20 - 21 A.D.; obverse TIBE/PIAC (Tiberias), within wreath; reverse HPWΔOY TETPAPXOY (of Herod the tetrarch), reed standing vertical, L - KΔ (year 24) in fields; ex Athena Numismatics, very nice for this rare type!; rare; SOLD











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