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Electronic Auction 494

Lot nuber 225

KINGS of ARMENIA MINOR. Aristoboulos, with Salome. AD 54-92. Æ (21mm, 6.39 g, 6h). Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7).


Electronic Auction 494
Lot: 225.
 Estimated: $ 300

Greek, Bronze

Sold For $ 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of ARMENIA MINOR. Aristoboulos, with Salome. AD 54-92. Æ (21mm, 6.39 g, 6h). Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7). Diademed and draped bust of Aristobulus left; [date below] / Diademed and draped bust of Salome left. Meshorer 365 corr. (date); Hendin 1257a; Kovacs 300; RPC I 3840 corr. (same). Rough green patina with red earthen encrustation, areas of corrosiojn. Near Fine. Rare.

Salome is described in the Gospels (Matthew 14 and Mark 6) only as the daughter of Herodias, who asked Herod Antipas for the head of John the Baptist in return for his daughter’s risqué dance for the king. Salome’s name is supplied by Josephus in Antiquities 18.5, where he also informs us that she grew up to marry her great-uncle Philip the Tetrarch and, after Philip’s death, her cousin Aristoboulos, who is featured on the obverse of this coin and with whom Salome had three sons. Aristoboulos was the son of Herod V of Chalkis and great grandson of Herod I, and was appointed king of Armenia Minor in the first year of Nero’s reign.

Closing Date and Time: 23 June 2021 at 11:14:40 ET.

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