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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2213275, member: 57495&quot;]Happy Birthday!</p><p><br /></p><p>This one&#039;s not much to look at, but fits the time period.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2015-5-17_15-7-10-png.413186/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></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><br /></p><p><b>Notes</b>: </p><p><i>Herod Archelaus received the title of Ethnarch (national leader) of Samaria, Judea and Idumea from Augustus in Rome. 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.</i></p><p><i>Jesus&#039; Parable of the Minas in the Gospel of Luke (19:11-27) may refer to Herod Archelaus: &quot;A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return, but his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, &#039;We do not want this man to reign over us.&#039;... &#039;But as for these enemies of mine,&#039; [said the nobleman] &#039;who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.&#039;&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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