Savoca Coins
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Kings of Armenia Minor. Uncertain mint. Aristobulus AD 54-92. Citing Nero as Emperor. Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7)
Bronze Æ
26 mm, 12,08 g
[BACIΛEΩC APICTOBOYΛOY] [ET IΓ], diademed head left / [NEPΩ-NI KΛAY-ΔIΩ KAICA-PI CEBACTΩ ΓEPMANI-KΩ] in six lines within wreath.
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.
Bronze Æ
26 mm, 12,08 g
[BACIΛEΩC APICTOBOYΛOY] [ET IΓ], diademed head left / [NEPΩ-NI KΛAY-ΔIΩ KAICA-PI CEBACTΩ ΓEPMANI-KΩ] in six lines within wreath.
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.