Aristobalus, King of Lesser Armenia, 57-92 CE
AE 24, [24 mm, 9.97 g]
Year: 66/67 CE, under Nero
Obv: ΒΑCIΛΕΩC APICTOBOYΛΟΥ ΕΤ IΓ (of King Aristobalus, year 13 of Nero); Diademed bust of Aristobalus facing left.
Rev: NEPΩ ΝΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΔΙΩ ΚΑΙCΑ ΡΙ CΕΒΑCΤΩ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΩ (for Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus): Text within a wreath
References: Hendin6 #6285, Hendin5 #1257
Rare, decent but pitted. Aristobulus was married to Salome (daughter of Herodias, niece of Herod Agrippa)
Herod Agrippa I 34-44 CE
AE Prutah; Jerusalem mint
Year: 41-42 CE, [16 x 18 mm, 3.04 g]
Obv: BACIΛΕWC AΓΡΙΠΑ (of King Agrippa): umbrella like canopy with fringes
Rev: L ς (year 6) flanks three ears of barley and leaves
References: Hendin6 #6274, Hendin5 #1244
Herod Agrippa I 34-44 CE
AE Prutah; Jerusalem mint
Year: 41-42 CE, [17 mm, 2.65 g]
Obv: BACIΛΕWC AΓΡΙΠΑ (of King Agrippa): umbrella like canopy with fringes
Rev: L ς (year 6) flanks three ears of barley and leaves
References: Hendin6 #6274, Hendin5 #1244
Herod Archelaus Judean Ethnarch, 4 BCE-6 CE
AE half Prutah [13.5 mm, 1.26 g]
Obv: HPW (Herod): prow of galley facing left, with dots around edge
Rev: EΘΝ (Ethnarch) within wreath, with dots around edge
References: Hendin6 #6228, Hendin5 #1197
Herod Archelaus was Herod the Great’s oldest son with Samaritan wife, Malthace; named ethnarch by Augustus after Herod’s death.
Herod Archelaus Judean Ethnarch, 4 BCE-6 CE
AE half Prutah [14.5 mm, 1.65 g]
Obv: HPW (Herod): prow of galley facing left, with dots around edge
Rev: EΘΝ (Ethnarch) within wreath, with dots around edge
References: Hendin6 #6228, Hendin5 #1197
Herod Archelaus was Herod the Great’s oldest son with Samaritan wife, Malthace; named ethnarch by Augustus after Herod’s death.
Herod Archelaus Judean Ethnarch, 4 BCE-6 CE
AE half Prutah [14 mm, 1.31 g]
Obv: HPW (Herod): prow of galley facing left, with dots around edge
Rev: EΘΝ (Ethnarch) within wreath, with dots around edge
References: Hendin6 #6228, Hendin5 #1197
Herod Archelaus was Herod the Great’s oldest son with Samaritan wife, Malthace; named ethnarch by Augustus after Herod’s death.
Herod Archelaus Judean Ethnarch, 4 BCE-6 CE
AE Prutah, [16 mm, 2.52 g]
Obv: ΕθΝΑΡΧΟΥ (of the Ethnarch): crested helmet with cheek straps, dots around edge
Rev: HPWΔΟΥ (of Herod): bunch of grapes on vine with small leaf on left, dots around edge
References: Hendin6 #6227, Hendin5 #1196
Herod Archelaus was Herod the Great’s oldest son with Samaritan wife, Malthace; named ethnarch by Augustus after Herod’s death.
Herod Archelaus Judean Ethnarch, 4 BCE-6 CE
AE Prutah, [15.5 x 17 mm, 1.60 g]
Obv: ΕθΝΑΡΧΟΥ (of the Ethnarch): crested helmet with cheek straps, dots around edge
Rev: HPWΔΟΥ (of Herod): bunch of grapes on vine with small leaf on left, dots around edge
References: Hendin6 #6227, Hendin5 #1196
Herod Archelaus was Herod the Great’s oldest son with Samaritan wife, Malthace; named ethnarch by Augustus after Herod’s death.
