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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 6286470, member: 89314&quot;]St. John the Baptist getting beheaded</p><p><br /></p><p>Italy TUSCANY Cosimo III&nbsp; Lira 1677</p><p><br /></p><p>According to the Synoptic Gospels, Herod, tetrarch, or sub-king, of Galilee under the Roman Empire, had imprisoned John the Baptist because he reproved Herod for divorcing his wife (Phasaelis, daughter of King Aretas of Nabataea) and unlawfully taking Herodias, the wife of his brother Herod Philip I. On Herod&#039;s birthday, Herodias&#039; daughter Salome danced before the king and his guests. Her dancing pleased Herod so much that in his drunkenness he promised to give her anything she desired, up to half of his kingdom. Her mother told her to ask for the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Although Herod was appalled by the request, he reluctantly agreed and had John beheaded in prison. The Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist is on 29 August. (Wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1249045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1249046[/ATTACH] </p><p>As a companion coin, here is the head of St. John the Baptist on a platter for presentation to Salome</p><p><br /></p><p>MALTA&nbsp; Knights of St. John&nbsp; Pietro del Monte, Master&nbsp; 4 Tari n.d. (1566-72)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1249047[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1249048[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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