RPC I, 3840

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3840
Province Kingdom of Armenia Minor
Region Armenia
City Kingdom of Armenia Minor
Reign Aristoboulos of Chalcis
Person (obv.) Aristoboulos of Chalcis (king)
Person (rev.) Salome (queen)
Issue Year 13
Dating AD 66/7
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΒΟΥΛΟΥ ΕΤ ΙΓ
Obverse design diademed bust of Aristobulus, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΣΑΛΩΜΗΣ
Reverse design diademed bust of Salome, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Rec 1, Mesh 5, Kovacs 300
Specimens 22 (1 in the core collections)
Note The date was off flan on 2–3; 1 was read 'ΕΤ Α?' in Rec and 'ΕΤ ΙΣ' by N. Kokkinos, PEQ 118 (1986), p. 33. The date has now been read clearly as 13 by Kovacs.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Wa 7280
2 2     Madrid: Cousinéry
3 3     Mesh, pl. 29.5 = Sofaer 170
4 4     CNG Triton XXIII, 14 Jan. 2020, lot 456
6 6     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 953
7 7     CNG 96, 14 May 2014, lot 653
8 8     CNG Triton XIX, 5 Jan. 2016, lot 277
9 9     CNG 108, 16 May 2018, lot 253
10 10     CNG 103, 14 Sept. 2016, lot 347
11 11     Nomos 13, 7 Oct. 2016, lot 234
12 12     CNG 109, 12 Sept. 2018, lot 191
13 13     Nomos obolos 12, 31 Mar. 2019, lot 450
14 14     Naumann 73, 6 Jan. 2019, lot 241
15 15     CNG 114, 13 May 2020, lot 367
16 16     Nomos 20, 10 July 2020, lot 306
17 17     Roma Numismatics XX, 29 Oct. 2020, lot 157
18 18     Leu 7, 24 Oct. 2020, lot 1355
19 19     Markov The New York Sale LI, 12 Jan. 2021, lot 21
20 20     CNG EA 484, 27 Jan. 2021, lot 388
21 21     ✸ Nomos 22, 22 June 2021, lot 217
22 22     CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 307
23 23     Leu EA 27, 9 Sep. 2023, lot 784