Ear of barley curved to right; KAICAPOC (of Caesar) / Eight-branched palm tree bearing bunches of dates; date in field LM = YEAR 40 = 10 C.E. 15mm, 1.77 grams. Jerusalem mint. Meshorer 3, RPC 4956; Hendin 637. SKU X252-48304
In 6 A.D., Herod Archelaus, son of Herod the Great, was deposed and banished to Gaul by Augustus. Archelaus' part of his father's kingdom (including Judaea, Samaria, Idumea and Archelais) was (except for Archelais) organized as a Roman procuratorial province.