★ One of the best Aristobulus specimens ★

KINGS OF ARMENIA MINOR. Aristobulus (54-92 AD). Dated RY 17 (70/1 AD).
AE Bronze (26.4mm 10.89g)
Obv: BACIΛEΩC APICTOBOYΛOY ET IZ. Diademed head right
Rev: TITΩ OΥECΠACIANΩ AYTOKPATOPI CEBACTΩ. Legend in six lines within wreath.
RPC II 169
A beautiful example of this very important issue with an excellent portrait. Undoubtedly among the finest known examples

Aristobulus V of Chalcis (Greek: Ἀριστόβουλος) was a son of Herod of Chalcis and his first wife Mariamne. Herod of Chalcis, ruler of Chalcis in Iturea, was a grandson of Herod the Great through his father, Aristobulus IV. Mariamne was a granddaughter of Herod the Great through her mother, Olympias; hence Aristobulus was a great-grandson of Herod the Great on both sides of his family.
Aristobulus was married to Salome after the death of her first husband, Philip the Tetrarch. The infamous Jewish princess Salome was the daughter of Herodes II and Herodias, a son and a granddaughter of Herodes 'the Great'.
Aristobulus did not directly succeed his father as ruler of the Chalcis. Rather, upon his father's death in 48 AD, the emperor Claudius gave the realm to Aristobulus' first cousin, Herod Agrippa II, but only as a tetrarchy. In 53 AD Agrippa II was forced to renounce the rule over tetrarchy of Chalcis, but he was given the title of king and rule over the territories previously governed by Philip the Tetrarch (also known as Herod Philip II) and Lysanias instead. Subsequently, Aristobulus was given tetrarchy of Chalcis in 57 AD. He reigned as tetrarch of Chalcis until his death in 92 AD, when the territory became part of the Roman province Syria.
He has been identified with the Aristobulus appointed by Nero as King of Armenia Minor in 55 AD, who participated with his forces in the Roman–Parthian War of 58–63, receiving a small portion of Greater Armenia in exchange