Coin of Herod Archelaus

Coin of Herod Archelaus

‎After the death of Herod the Great, Herod Archelaus became ethnarch of Judaea, Samaria, and Idumaea. Since again and again there were revolts under his rule, the emperor put his territory under the rule of a Roman procurator in 6 CE. The coin of Herod Archelaus shows a galley (perhaps alluding to his journey by sea to Rome at the beginning of his rule). Above the galley appear the Greek letters for ethnarch.

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