Aristobulus of Chalcis 54-71 AD (Kov 299-301)
Description
Aristobulus (BNP [61]) of Chalcis was the great grandson of Herod the Great. He was appointed king in Armenia Minor by Nero in the latter's first year as emperor, and reigned throughout as a faithful client of Rome. In AD 60 parts of Armenia Major were added to his kingdom.
The coins of this reign are known for two years only. The first, year 13 = AD 66/7, coincides with the outbreak of the Jewish War; and year 17 = AD 70/71, with the last year of the Jewish War. In year 13 Aristobulus's second wife, Salome, with whom he had three children, appears on the reverse of the tetrachalkon." The style and fabric of these coins suggest that they were made at Antioch on the Orontes.
Kovacs, Frank L. “Armenian Coinage in the Classical Period” CNS 10, Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, 2016, pp. 51.
The coins of this reign are known for two years only. The first, year 13 = AD 66/7, coincides with the outbreak of the Jewish War; and year 17 = AD 70/71, with the last year of the Jewish War. In year 13 Aristobulus's second wife, Salome, with whom he had three children, appears on the reverse of the tetrachalkon." The style and fabric of these coins suggest that they were made at Antioch on the Orontes.
Kovacs, Frank L. “Armenian Coinage in the Classical Period” CNS 10, Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, 2016, pp. 51.
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