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Herod Archelaus Ancient Judaean Bronze Prutah — Son of Herod the Great (4 BC–AD 6) — NGC Certified

Name: Herod Archelaus Ancient Judaean Bronze Prutah — Son of Herod the Great (4 BC–AD 6) — NGC Certified
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Herod Archelaus Ancient Judaean Bronze Prutah — Son of Herod the Great (4 BC–AD 6) — NGC Certified

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NGC-Certified Bronze Prutah of Herod Archelaus — A Coin from Biblical Judaea

Own a Coin from the Rule of Herod the Great's Successor in Judaea

A genuine NGC-certified bronze prutah of Herod Archelaus, the ethnarch who governed Judaea, Samaria, and Idumaea after the death of Herod the Great.

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📷 Coins shown are representative examples. You will receive one authentic NGC-certified bronze prutah of Herod Archelaus. Each coin is unique in strike, centering, patina, preservation, and overall appearance.

🏛 Struck in Judaea around the turn of the era
📜 Issued during the years between Herod the Great and direct Roman provincial administration
🤲 A genuine artifact from the political world described in the New Testament

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Why This Coin Matters

The death of Herod the Great in 4 BC divided his kingdom among several heirs under Roman authority.

His son Herod Archelaus received Judaea, Samaria, and Idumaea. Augustus did not grant him the royal title he sought; instead, Archelaus ruled as ethnarch.

Archelaus appears in the Gospel of Matthew (2:22), where Joseph is said to have avoided Judaea after learning that Archelaus ruled there in place of his father.

Ancient sources describe serious unrest at the beginning of Archelaus's rule and continuing complaints about his government. In AD 6, Emperor Augustus removed him and exiled him to Gaul.

After Archelaus's removal, his territories of Judaea, Samaria, and Idumaea were brought under direct Roman administration as part of the province of Syria, governed locally by Roman prefects. This administrative arrangement eventually produced governors such as Pontius Pilate, who served later, from approximately AD 26–36.

This authentic bronze prutah belongs to that short transitional period between the reign of Herod the Great and direct Roman rule. Coins of Archelaus circulated among the people of Judaea during the years immediately around the beginning of the first century AD.

It is therefore a tangible connection to a ruler explicitly named in the New Testament and to the political transformation that shaped Judaea before the public ministry of Jesus.