42/ 43 AD JUDAEA PRUTAH LAST KING OF JUDAEA HEROD AGRIPPA COIN IN 18K PENDANT

Description

REIGN OF AGRIPPA I (HEROD AGRIPPA) (41-44 AD)
HERODIAN DYNASTY
BRONZE (AE) PRUTAH COIN (ISSUED 41-43 AD)
MOUNTED IN A STYLISH CUNEATE 18 KARAT GOLD BEZEL PENDANT
WITH ORNAMENTAL BALE
THE BACK OF THE THICK 18 KARAT GOLD BEZEL HAS A CURVED PIERCING FOLLOWING THE EXTERNAL SHAPE AND HOUSES A CRYSTAL WITHIN. WHEN SHAKEN, THE CRYSTAL MAKES A BELL LIKE TONE WHEN COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE GRATED HOUSING.
THIS TYPE OF COIN, ISSUED IN THE REIGN OF THE LAST KING OF JUDEA, AGRIPPA I, HAS AN OBVERSE OF THREE GRAINS OF BARLEY BETWEEN TWO LEAVES. THE REVERSE OF THIS TYPE, ALTHOUGH WORN AND OBSCURED BY THE BALE, HAD A CANOPY WITH FRINGE (A SYMBOL OF HELLENISTIC ROYALTY), AND THE NAME OF THE KING.
HEROD AGRIPPA WAS SENT TO LIVE IN ROME BY HIS GRANDFATHER, HEROD “THE GREAT”, AFTER THE MURDER OF HIS FATHER. HE WAS EDUCATED ALONGSIDE DRUSUS, SON OF EMPEROR TIBERIUS, AND THE FUTURE EMPEROR CLAUDIUS, AND BECAME A FRIEND OF GAIUS CALIGULA.
THE EMPEROR CALIGULA MADE HIM RULER OF MANY TERRITORIES OF HIS LATE UNCLE, AND THE EMPEROR CLAUDIUS GAVE HIM JUDAEA AND SAMARIA, MAKING HIS TERRITORY ALMOST AS EXTENSIVE AS THE KINGDOM HIS GRANDFATHER HAD RULED OVER. IN HIS TIME, HE WAS CALLED “AGRIPPA THE GREAT”.
HE IS MENTIONED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT SEVERAL TIMES, AND IN THE HISTORIES OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. IT IS SAID HE WAS STRUCK DOWN AT A PUBLIC SPECTACLE, AND DIED AS FORTOLD IN AN OMEN SEVERAL DAYS LATER.
HE IS CONSIDERD THE LAST KING OF THE HERODIAN DYNASTY, AND LAST TO HOLD THE TITLE “KING OF JUDAEA”.
TOTAL WEIGHT OF PENDANT 14.4 GRAMS
LENGTH 37 MM
WIDTH 22 MM
THICKNESS 6 MM
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