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Online Auction 108 | Silver 31 Jul 2021
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Kings of Armenia Minor. Aristobulus AD 54-92. Citing Nero as Emperor. Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7)
Bronze Æ
27 mm, 10,86 g
BACIΛEΩC APICTOBO[YΛOY] ET IΓ, diademed head left / NEPΩ-NI KΛAY-ΔIΩ KAICA-PI CEBACTΩ ΓEPMANI-KΩ in six lines within wreath.
Obverse somewhat smoothed otherwise good very fine
Kovacs 299; RPC I 3839.
Aristobulus was the great grandson of Herod the Great and was married to the infamous Salome. In Salome's previous marriage to her uncle Herod Philip, a son of Herod the Great, she danced before Herod Antipas and demanded the head of John the Baptist. For additional historical information, see David Hendin's Guide to Biblical Coins 5th addition, pp. 274-5.
From The Tareq Hani Collection.
Bronze Æ
27 mm, 10,86 g
BACIΛEΩC APICTOBO[YΛOY] ET IΓ, diademed head left / NEPΩ-NI KΛAY-ΔIΩ KAICA-PI CEBACTΩ ΓEPMANI-KΩ in six lines within wreath.
Obverse somewhat smoothed otherwise good very fine
Kovacs 299; RPC I 3839.
Aristobulus was the great grandson of Herod the Great and was married to the infamous Salome. In Salome's previous marriage to her uncle Herod Philip, a son of Herod the Great, she danced before Herod Antipas and demanded the head of John the Baptist. For additional historical information, see David Hendin's Guide to Biblical Coins 5th addition, pp. 274-5.
From The Tareq Hani Collection.