Description
Bronze Coin of Herod Agrippa the Second
24 mm bronze coin used in Judaea year 41 – 43 A.D of Herod Agrippa the Second friend of Caesar Nero Claudius.
- Bust of Agrippa the first.
- Weight 12 grams. Width 0.9″.
- Inscribed ‘year 14 of Nero Caesar’.
- Side B ‘in the time of vespesian, in Iremopois-Neronias-Sepphoris’.
This coin names Vespesain while he is a general under Caesar Nero, it also sepoohoris “Neronias” to honor the emperor, and Irenopolis as the city of peace.
King Herod Agrippa is mentioned in the book of Acts 26:27-28.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”
So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense: 2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,