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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4544941, member: 110350"]Walked into a bar. Actually, they're all on a coin together. What a combination! As far as I know, the only Roman Republican coin with a figure on it identified as being Jewish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Aulus Plautius, AR Denarius, 55 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Turreted head of Cybele right, A. PLAVTIVS before, AE[D CVR S C] behind [<i>portion in brackets off flan</i>] / Rev. “Bacchius the Jew” [<i> = Aristobulus II of Judaea?</i>],* in attitude of supplication, kneeling beside saddled camel standing right, extending olive-branch with right hand and holding camel’s bridle with left hand, his cape flowing behind him; BACCHIVS in exergue, IVDAEVS on right. RSC I Plautia 13, Crawford 431/1, Sydenham 932, Sear RCV I 395 (ill.), Harlan, RRM II Ch. 18 at pp. 145-149. 18x20 mm., 4.25 g. (<i>Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 211th Buy or Bid Sale, May 2020, Lot 183</i>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller's image:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125236[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought that the details were a bit difficult to see in the seller's photo (especially on the reverse), so here's my attempt:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125239[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125240[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>* Regarding the identity of "Bacchius Ivdaevs," see Sear RCV I at p. 148: “Aulus Plautius strikes as curule aedile. The problematic interpretation of the reverse type appears to have been most successfully resolved by [Michael] Harlan in RRM [see <i>Roman Republican Moneyers and Their Coins 63 BCE-49 BCE </i>(2nd Revised Edition 2015), Ch. 18 at pp. 146-148] . . . who identifies the kneeling figure as Aristobulus [= Judah Aristobulus II of the Hasmonean Dynasty, d. ca. 49 BCE], the Jewish high priest, then held captive by Pompey in Rome.”)<i> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Here are the three relevant pages from Harlan's book discussing the identity of Bacchius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125241[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125243[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1125244[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A fascinating coin, and one I'm very happy to have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4544941, member: 110350"]Walked into a bar. Actually, they're all on a coin together. What a combination! As far as I know, the only Roman Republican coin with a figure on it identified as being Jewish. Roman Republic, Aulus Plautius, AR Denarius, 55 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Turreted head of Cybele right, A. PLAVTIVS before, AE[D CVR S C] behind [[I]portion in brackets off flan[/I]] / Rev. “Bacchius the Jew” [[I] = Aristobulus II of Judaea?[/I]],* in attitude of supplication, kneeling beside saddled camel standing right, extending olive-branch with right hand and holding camel’s bridle with left hand, his cape flowing behind him; BACCHIVS in exergue, IVDAEVS on right. RSC I Plautia 13, Crawford 431/1, Sydenham 932, Sear RCV I 395 (ill.), Harlan, RRM II Ch. 18 at pp. 145-149. 18x20 mm., 4.25 g. ([I]Purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 211th Buy or Bid Sale, May 2020, Lot 183[/I].) The seller's image: [ATTACH=full]1125236[/ATTACH] I thought that the details were a bit difficult to see in the seller's photo (especially on the reverse), so here's my attempt: [ATTACH=full]1125239[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1125240[/ATTACH] * Regarding the identity of "Bacchius Ivdaevs," see Sear RCV I at p. 148: “Aulus Plautius strikes as curule aedile. The problematic interpretation of the reverse type appears to have been most successfully resolved by [Michael] Harlan in RRM [see [I]Roman Republican Moneyers and Their Coins 63 BCE-49 BCE [/I](2nd Revised Edition 2015), Ch. 18 at pp. 146-148] . . . who identifies the kneeling figure as Aristobulus [= Judah Aristobulus II of the Hasmonean Dynasty, d. ca. 49 BCE], the Jewish high priest, then held captive by Pompey in Rome.”)[I] [/I] Here are the three relevant pages from Harlan's book discussing the identity of Bacchius: [ATTACH=full]1125241[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1125243[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1125244[/ATTACH] A fascinating coin, and one I'm very happy to have.[/QUOTE]
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