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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2456497, member: 44132&quot;]On another thread entitled Ancient Imitations, First Century AD, Valentinian showed us fourees namely of the 12 Caesars.&nbsp; But long before those imitations, unscrupulous people were pawning off worthless or near worthless imitations on the unsuspecting of Rome and it&#039;s environs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even though I&#039;m not a big fan of fourees, I bought this several weeks ago mainly because I like the style of the coin it copies:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bacchius referred to on the reverse may be the Aristobulus, the Jewish king of Judaea who submitted himself and Judaea to Pompey in 63 B.C., bringing a train of camels loaded with gold as part of his &quot;peace offering.&quot;&nbsp; This offering included, according to Josephus, the gigantic golden vine that had been set up in front of the temple doors, which was called &quot;Terpole&quot; (The Delight); it was to be seen on display in Rome in the Augustan era (Strabo mentions it). The&nbsp; &nbsp; replacement vine, set up under Herod Archelaus, (between 4. B.C. and A.D. 6) likely inspired the famous grape and vine coin types of the First and Second Revolts. This is the earliest Roman coin with an explicit reference to Rome&#039;s intervention in Jewish/Judaean affairs!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]514079[/ATTACH] </p><p>A PLAUTIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS PLANCIA</p><p>AR Fouree Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Turreted hd of Cybele right, A PLAVTIVS before, AED CVR SC behind</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; supplicant offerng palm-branch, camel behind; IVDAEVS before, BACCHIVS below</p><p>Rome 55 BC</p><p>18mm, 3.2g</p><p>Cr431/1, Syd 932, Hendin 741, Plautia 13</p><p><br /></p><p>Your comments and coins are most welcome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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