Catalog
Prutah - Herod Archelaus
| Issuer | Herod Archelaus |
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| Year | 4 BC - 6 AD |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse lettering | ΗΡWΔΟΥ (Translation: of Herod) |
| Reverse description | A stylised bunch of grapes on a vine with leaves occupies the central field, a motif frequently employed on Judaean coinage in accordance with Jewish religious sensibilities avoiding figural representation. Flanking the vine cluster and partially encircling it is a wreath border. The abbreviated Greek legend Ν ΕΘ, standing for ΕΘΝΑΡΧΟΥ (Ethnarch), appears within the field, referencing Archelaus's title as Ethnarch of Judaea, Samaria, and Idumaea. The flan is irregular in shape with a sandy, encrusted patina, and the strike is off-centre in places, characteristic of hand-hammered provincial bronze issues. |
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| Mintage | ND (4 BC - 6 AD) |
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