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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carl Wilmont, post: 7772694, member: 75496&quot;]Nice coin, 7Calbrey!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of coins from Herod Antipas that were also struck in Tiberias, the city which he built.</p><p><br /></p><p>Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea (4 BC - 39 AD), rebuilt Sepphoris, the capital of Galilee, and had his first capital there.&nbsp; Only one of his coin types is known to be struck there.&nbsp; Later, he constructed Tiberias (named in honor of his patron, Tiberius) on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, and moved his capital there.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/herod-antipas-half-denomination-jpg.1099423/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Judaea, Herodian Kingdom. Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea <font size="4">(4 BC - 39 AD).</font></p><p>AE Half Denomination. Mint of Tiberias.</p><p>TIBE/PIAC in two lines within wreath /&nbsp; HPωΔOY TETPAPXOY, palm branch; across field, date (L ΛΓ = RY 33 = 29/30 AD).</p><p>Hendin 1204.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1333041[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1333043[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Judaea, Herodian Kingdom. Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea <font size="4">(4 BC - 39 AD)</font>.</p><p>AE Quarter Denomination. Mint of Tiberias.</p><p>TIBE/PIAC in two lines within wreath. <i>/ </i>HPωΔOY TETPAPXOY, palm branch; across field, date (L KΔ = RY 24 = 20/21 AD).</p><p>Hendin 1201.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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