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Cappadocian Coin

Cappadocian Coin



‎This silver drachma, minted about 14 B.C., portrays King Archelaus of Cappadocia (obverse), a kingdom in modern central Turkey. His mother, Glaphyra, was a “hetaera” (“sophisticated courtesan”) involved with Roman co-ruler Marcus Antonius, whom she convinced to install her son as king in 36 B.C. Archelaus ruled until he died in A.D. 17. The Greek inscription on the coin’s reverse says “of King Archelaus, lover and founder of the country.” Many of the believers to whom Peter addressed his first epistle lived in Cappadocia (1 Pet 1:1).
‎Acts 2:9, 1 Pet 1:1

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