Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, issued this bronze in regnal year 24 — corresponding to 20/21 CE — making it among the later issues of his remarkably long rule, which stretched from 4 BCE until his exile to Gaul by Caligula in 39 CE. He is the Herod of the New Testament who executed John the Baptist and before whom Jesus was briefly tried. His coins conspicuously avoid figural imagery, a concession to Jewish religious sensitivities that distinguished his issues from those of neighboring Hellenistic rulers.
Hendin 1199 in the fifth edition represents the full denomination — the largest bronze in his series — struck at Tiberias, the capital he founded on the Sea of Galilee and named in honor of the reigning emperor.
Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, issued this bronze in regnal year 24 — corresponding to 20/21 CE — making it among the later issues of his remarkably long rule, which stretched from 4 BCE until his exile to Gaul by Caligula in 39 CE. He is the Herod of the New Testament who executed John the Baptist and before whom Jesus was briefly tried. His coins conspicuously avoid figural imagery, a concession to Jewish religious sensitivities that distinguished his issues from those of neighboring Hellenistic rulers.
Hendin 1199 in the fifth edition represents the full denomination — the largest bronze in his series — struck at Tiberias, the capital he founded on the Sea of Galilee and named in honor of the reigning emperor.