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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Judean & Biblical Coins| > |Herodian Dynasty| > |Herod Archelaus| > JD97739
Herod Archelaus, Ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, 4 B.C. - 6 A.D.
|Herod| |Archelaus|, |Herod| |Archelaus,| |Ethnarch| |of| |Samaria,| |Judea,| |and| |Idumea,| |4| |B.C.| |-| |6| |A.D.|, Son of Herod the Great, Archelaus inherited Judaea, Samaria and Idumaea. Jerusalem was his capital. Augustus denied him the title king and gave him the title ethnarch, with a promise to name him king if he governed well. He was so unpopular with his subjects that Augustus deposed him, banished him to Gaul and annexed his territory.
JD97739. Bronze 2 prutot, cf. BMC Palestine p. 231, 3; RPC Online I 4914; Meshorer TJC p. 224, 70; Sofaer p. 260, 70; Hendin 6225 (none with same inscriptions), aVF, smoothing, edge crack, obverse edge beveled, Jerusalem mint, weight 2.911g, maximum diameter 18.9mm, die axis 180o, 4 B.C. - 6 A.D.; obverse HPWX (or similar, blundered, Greek: of Herod), double cornucopia, horns parallel curved to the left, adorned with grapes; reverse EΘNA/HX/CM (or similar, blundered, Greek: Ethnarch), war galley left with aphlaston, oars, cabin, and ram; ex Savoca Numismatik auction 3 (15 Sep 2019), lot 69; SOLD











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