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 | | Tried not to offend Jews by not eating pork or erecting statues or effigies until late in his reign when he affixed a golden eagle to Temple gate. |
 | | Herod Archelaus,4 BCE to 6 CE, prutah, AE, 2.2g, 9/16" dia.,O: Bunch of grapes on vine with small leaf on left; above "Herod" in Greek R: Tall helmet with crest and cheek straps viewed from front, caduceus below, below "ethnarch" in Greek (Similar helmet on Seleucid Tryphon (142 to 138 BCE) coin.) |
 | | Herod Archelaus, O: double cornucopias, adorned with grapes, "Herod" R: War galley facing left, oars, cabin, "Ethnarch" |
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