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2 Prutot - Herod Archelaus
| Issuer | Judea |
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| Year | 4 BC - 6 AD |
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| Value | 2 Prutot |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | War galley depicted in left profile, featuring a prominent ram at the prow, a series of oars along the hull, and an aphlaston (ornamental stern piece) rising at the rear. The Greek abbreviated legend ΕΘΝ ΡΧΑ CΗ, denoting the title Ethnarch, is distributed in the field around the vessel. The coin exhibits an irregular flan with a beaded border, characteristic of hand-struck Judean bronzes of the Herodian period. |
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Herod Archelaus ruled as ethnarch rather than king — a deliberate demotion imposed by Augustus, who refused him the royal title his father Herod the Great had held. He governed Judea, Samaria, and Idumea for a decade before his own subjects, Jews and Samaritans alike, sent a joint delegation to Rome to demand his removal. Augustus exiled him to Vienne in Gaul around 6 AD, at which point Judea passed directly to Roman prefectural administration — the governing structure that would still be in place during the prefecture of Pontius Pilate.