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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2152572, member: 57495&quot;]Have to admit I wasn&#039;t expecting to see those Indian and Persian coins... nice!</p><p><br /></p><p>The only offering I have for <b>&quot;J&quot; </b>is a Jerusalem issue from an uncleaned lot that was a gift in my early days of collecting.&nbsp; While cleaning coins never caught on with me, the collecting part is turning out to be rather addictive!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">JERUSALEM</span></font></b></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">[ATTACH=full]413186[/ATTACH]</span></font></b></p><p><b>JUDEAN KINGDOM, Herodian Dynasty</b></p><p><b>HEROD ARCHELAUS</b></p><p>AE Prutah</p><p>1.43g, 14.7mmm</p><p>Jerusalem mint, circa 4 BC - AD 6</p><p>Hendin 1197</p><p>O: Prow of galley facing left; HPW (for &quot;Herod&quot;) around.</p><p>R: EΘN (for &quot;Ethnarch&quot;) in wreath.</p><p><b>Notes</b>: <i>Herod Archelaus received the title of Ethnarch (national leader) of Samaria, Judea and Idumea from Augustus in Rome.&nbsp; Never secure in his rule, he presided over the notorious massacre of 3,000 Jewish worshippers at the Temple of Jerusalem during Passover and the crucifixion of more when Roman legions from Syria were called in to quell the ensuing riots.&nbsp; </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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