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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carl Wilmont, post: 4338064, member: 75496&quot;]Here are some examples of coins of Herod the Great and his successor sons.&nbsp; After dad died, Augustus ultimately decided who got what, naming their domains and titles.&nbsp; Archelaus received half of the kingdom, and the remainder was split between Antipas and Phillip. None of the three were allowed to be &quot;king,&quot; as was their father.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099421[/ATTACH] </p><p>Herod the Great.&nbsp; Lepton (Half-prutah). 12.5 mm. Eagle with closed wings, standing right / single cornucopia.&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>This is the first graven image of a living creature ever struck on a Jewish coin. (Herod also once placed an eagle over the temple entrance.)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099422[/ATTACH] </p><p>Herod Archelaus.&nbsp; Lepton. 15 mm.&nbsp; Galley prow / &quot;Ethnarch&quot; in wreath.&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Given the territories of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1099423[/ATTACH] </i></p><p>Herod Antipas.&nbsp; Half denomination.&nbsp; TIBE/PIAC in two lines within wreath / </p><p>ΗΡWΔOY TETPAPXOY, palm branch, date across field (29/30 AD). <i>Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1099425[/ATTACH] </i></p><p>Herod Phillip. 20 mm.&nbsp; Laureate head right, countermark / Tetrastyle temple (the Augusteum of Panias), date between columns (LIB = 8/9 AD).&nbsp; <i>Tetrarch of Ituraea, Trachonitis, Gaulanitis, and Panias.&nbsp; </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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