KINGS of ARMENIA MINOR. Aristobulus. 54-71/72 CE. Æ Oktachalkon (25mm, 12.35 g). Citing Titus as Caesar. Chalcis or Nicopolis ad Istrum mint. Dated RY 17 (70/71 CE). Diademed and draped bust of Aristobulus left; c/m: monogram on neck / [TITΩ / OYECΠA/CIANΩ AY/TOKPATO/PI CEBAC/TΩ within laurel wreath]. Kovacs 301; Meshorer 367a; Hendin 6287a; RPC II 1692. For countermark: Kovacs p. 79, 24. Earthen brown patina. Fair. Rare.
This issue issue was struck in 70/71 CE (year 17 of Aristobulus' reign), the final year of the Jewish war and around 45 years since the execution of John the Baptist, which has been tentatively dated to some time between 25 and 29 CE.