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  WORLD 
  ARCHEOLOGY— 
  CASANOWICZ. 
  471 
  

  

  coin 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  by 
  the 
  term 
  " 
  widow's 
  mite 
  " 
  in 
  Mark 
  xii, 
  42 
  ; 
  

   Luke 
  xii, 
  6, 
  though 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  it 
  is 
  denominated 
  lepton, 
  as 
  none 
  

   but 
  Jewish 
  coins 
  were 
  permitted 
  within 
  the 
  Temple 
  precincts. 
  

  

  Coin 
  of 
  Herod 
  Antipas. 
  Bronze. 
  Obverse, 
  " 
  Herod, 
  Tetrarch," 
  

   with 
  a 
  palm 
  branch; 
  reverse, 
  Tiberias 
  within 
  a 
  wreath. 
  Herod 
  

   Antipas, 
  Tetrarch 
  of 
  Galilee 
  and 
  Petrea, 
  A. 
  D. 
  4^39, 
  is 
  often 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Testament 
  (Matt, 
  xiv, 
  1-3; 
  Luke 
  iii, 
  1, 
  19, 
  etc.). 
  

   It 
  was 
  he 
  who 
  beheaded 
  John 
  the 
  Baptist 
  (Matt, 
  xiv, 
  1), 
  and 
  to 
  

   him 
  was 
  Christ 
  sent 
  for 
  examination 
  by 
  Pilate 
  (Luke 
  xxiii, 
  7). 
  In 
  

   honor 
  of 
  the 
  Emperor 
  Tiberius 
  he 
  founded 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Tiberias 
  on 
  

   the 
  western 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  Sea 
  of 
  Gennesareth, 
  where 
  the 
  coin 
  was 
  

   struck. 
  

  

  Coin 
  of 
  Herod 
  Philip 
  II 
  (died 
  A. 
  D. 
  34). 
  Struck 
  at 
  Caesarea 
  

   Philippi 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  the 
  Eighth 
  Roman 
  Legion. 
  Copper. 
  (Obverse 
  

   " 
  Herod 
  Philip," 
  with 
  his 
  portrait 
  ; 
  reverse, 
  the 
  standards 
  of 
  the 
  

   Legion. 
  Herod 
  Philip 
  is 
  mentioned 
  once 
  in 
  Luke 
  iii, 
  1, 
  as 
  Tetrarch 
  

   of 
  Ituraea; 
  Caesarea 
  Philippi 
  was 
  often 
  visited 
  by 
  Christ 
  (Matt, 
  

   xvi, 
  13; 
  Mark 
  viii, 
  27). 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  small 
  village 
  called 
  Banijas, 
  

   near 
  Mount 
  Hermon. 
  

  

  Coin 
  of 
  Agrippa 
  II 
  (last 
  Jewish 
  king). 
  Bronze. 
  Obverse, 
  Name 
  

   and 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Emperor 
  ; 
  reverse, 
  " 
  Money 
  of 
  Agrippa, 
  struck 
  at 
  

   Neronias 
  " 
  (=Caesarea 
  Philippi). 
  Herod 
  Agrippa 
  II, 
  the 
  last 
  Jew- 
  

   ish 
  prince 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  Herod, 
  is 
  mentioned 
  (Acts 
  xxv, 
  13, 
  and 
  

   xxvi, 
  2, 
  28) 
  as 
  having 
  an 
  interview 
  with 
  the 
  Apostle 
  Paul. 
  

  

  Denarius, 
  or 
  Roman 
  Tribute 
  Penny. 
  Silver. 
  Obverse, 
  " 
  Tiberius 
  

   Caesar, 
  son 
  of 
  deified 
  Augustus 
  " 
  ; 
  reverse, 
  " 
  Pontifex 
  Maximus 
  " 
  

   (Chief 
  Priest). 
  Value 
  about 
  16 
  cents. 
  The 
  denarius 
  was 
  the 
  tribute 
  

   money 
  that 
  the 
  Jews 
  had 
  to 
  pay 
  to 
  the 
  Romans, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  

   likely 
  that 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  this 
  coin 
  was 
  shown 
  Christ 
  with 
  the 
  question 
  : 
  

   " 
  Is 
  it 
  lawful 
  to 
  give 
  tribute 
  to 
  Caesar 
  or 
  not?" 
  (Matt, 
  xxii, 
  17.) 
  

  

  Stater. 
  Antioch. 
  Silver 
  (facsimile). 
  Obverse, 
  "(Money) 
  of 
  

   Caesar 
  Augustus," 
  with 
  a 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Emperor; 
  reverse: 
  Tyche 
  

   (Fortune), 
  as 
  genius 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Antioch, 
  with 
  her 
  foot 
  on 
  the 
  

   river 
  god 
  Orontes, 
  and 
  the 
  words 
  : 
  " 
  Thirtieth 
  year 
  of 
  the 
  victory 
  " 
  

   (i. 
  e., 
  Actium). 
  The 
  stater, 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  shekel, 
  is 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  Matt, 
  xvii, 
  27, 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  Peter 
  in 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  fish, 
  sufficient 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  Temple 
  tribute, 
  which 
  was 
  

   half 
  a 
  shekel 
  (Exod. 
  xxx, 
  13, 
  15), 
  for 
  Christ 
  and 
  himself. 
  

  

  Coin 
  of 
  Caesarea. 
  Bronze. 
  Obverse, 
  Head 
  of 
  Augustus 
  Cae- 
  

   sar. 
  Caesarea, 
  founded 
  by 
  Herod 
  I, 
  is 
  frequently 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  

   Acts. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  the 
  conversion 
  of 
  the 
  centurion 
  Corne- 
  

   lius 
  (x) 
  ; 
  Philip 
  preached 
  the 
  Gospel 
  here 
  (xxi, 
  8) 
  ; 
  Paul 
  was 
  im- 
  

   prisoned 
  here 
  two 
  years 
  before 
  he 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  Rome 
  (xxiv-xxvi) 
  ; 
  

   here 
  also 
  Herod 
  Agrippa 
  I 
  died, 
  44 
  B. 
  C. 
  (xii, 
  19). 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  

  

  