HEROD THE GREAT – BRONZE 8 PRUTAH – JUDAEA where a woman washes Jesus’

where a woman washes Jesus’ feet with her tears

shipped directly from the Holy Land

possibly the daughter of Ptolemy of Mauretania and Julia Urania

000 square kilometers

frequently sent for Paul and talked with him (Acts 24:24–26)

HEROD THE GREAT – BRONZE 8 PRUTAH – JUDAEA where a woman washes Jesus’During the rule of John Hyrcanus II (63 40 BCE), an Idumaean convert to Judaism Antipater was appointed by Julius Caesar as the de facto administrator of Judaea. Idumaeans were descendants of Esau, living in Edom, a country bordering Judaea in what is now southwest Jordan, between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. Antipater chose his younger son, Herod, who was still only a boy, as governor of Galilee. When the last Hasmonean king, Antigonus