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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dadams, post: 2893271, member: 82194&quot;]Thank you for the fine complement! The similarity of the helmets is striking and I appreciate you posting it. You will much enjoy this dissertation, <i><a href="http://othes.univie.ac.at/28236/1/2012-06-19_0108981.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://othes.univie.ac.at/28236/1/2012-06-19_0108981.pdf" rel="nofollow">Reign and Religion in Palestine. The Political Instrumentalization of Sacred Iconography in the Hellenistic-Roman Period on the Basis of the Numismatic Evidence</a></i> from which I quote out of chapter 4.2:</p><p><font face="Times New Roman">The image of the helmet used by Archelaus in his coins should be understood – analogue to the use of the helmet by John Hyrcanus I (or II) and by Herod the Great – as a representation of his superior status of ethnarch, contrary to the other tetrarchs. One should, however, not jump to the conclusion that the use of the title ethnarchos at the time of Archelaus can uncritically be parallelized with an earlier use of this title at different points in time. The small caduceus placed below the helmet probably referring to a harmonious rule and the benefaction of the ruler.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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