Judaea. Herod Archelaus (4 B.C. – 6 A.D.)

Hendin 505, Meshorer TJC 73, Meshorer AJC II, 251, 6

AE Prutah, 15 mm.

Obv: Bunch of grapes on a branch with leaf on left; above ΗΡΩΔΟΥ (of Herod).

Rev: Crested helmet with two cheek straps, small caduceus and counterclockwise and retrograde inscription ΕΘΝΑΡΧΟΥ (Ethnarch, with the A missing) below.

Note: A faint X appears to be visible toward the right side of the legend. If this is so, it suggests that this coin might be a variety with a shortened legend, i.e., Meshorer TJC 73a (ΕΘΝΑΡΧΟ) or 73c (ΕΘΝΑΧΟ). The position of the X further suggests that the legend is not written counterclockwise, although this is not recorded in either Hendin or Meshorer TJC.