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1/4 Denomination - Herod Antipas
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 20-21 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | A single tall reed depicted upright in the central field, a motif emblematic of the marshy shores of the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias. The surrounding Greek legend names Herod the Tetrarch and records the regnal year. The design is characteristic of Herod Antipas's aniconic coinage, which avoided figural imagery in deference to Jewish religious sensibilities. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, struck coins conspicuously devoid of human imagery — a deliberate concession to Jewish religious sensibility that distinguished his issues from those of his father, Herod the Great. This piece dates to his 24th or 25th regnal year, a reign that would eventually end in exile to Gaul after Antipas lobbied Caligula for a royal title and was denounced by his nephew Agrippa.
Hendin 1201 is among the more frequently encountered of his types, though honest examples free of heavy encrustation are not especially common.