Obv.: Greek inscription in wreath NEP/ WNO/ C (of Nero). Rev.: Palm branch surrounded by inscription LE KAICAPOC (year five of the Caesar). The palm branch is a common Jewish symbol, one of the Seven Species – seven fruits and grains mentioned in the Bible as typical of the Land of Israel. 59 C.E. 2.53 grams, 17 mm, axis 5. Cf. Ya’akov Meshorer, A Treasury of Jewish Coins (New York 2001), pl. 76, no. 345. Herod’s son who ruled in Jerusalem, Archelaus, was incompetent so the Romans appointed governors, termed procurators. Most of them, with the exception of Pontius Pilate, respected Jewish religious sensitivities and struck coins with neutral motifs, drawn largely from the seven agricultural species of Israel.