1/2 Denomination - Herod Antipas

Herod Antipas ruled Galilee and Perea as tetrarch under Roman sufferance for over four decades, but his coinage ambitions were always constrained — he never struck silver, and his bronzes carefully avoided figural imagery to avoid offending Jewish religious sensibilities. This piece dates to the very end of his reign; in 39 AD, his wife Herodias pushed him to travel to Rome to petition Caligula for the title of king, a move that backfired catastrophically when his nephew Agrippa I counter-lobbied against him. Antipas was exiled to Lugdunum in Gaul, ending the Herodian tetrarchy of Galilee permanently.