★ Aristoboulos with Salome ★
(Bronze, KINGS of ARMENIA MINOR. Aristoboulos, with Salome (54-92) Æ Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7).
Obv: [BACIΛEΩ]C APICTOBOVΛ [...] - diademed and draped bust of Aristobulus left
Rev: [BACIΛ]IC [CHC CAΛOMHC] - diademed and draped bust of Salome left.
Cf. Meshorer 365 corr. (date); Hendin 1257a; Kovacs 300; RPC I 3840 corr.
Arare and interesting coin, the portraits of Aristobulus and especially Salomea bear traces of intentional destruction. Could this be the kind of damnatio memorie?