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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 4496913, member: 44132&quot;][ATTACH=full]1115467[/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>Bacchius 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; This offering included, according to Josephus, the giganticgolden 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). Thereplacement vine, set up under Herod Archelaus, (between 4. B.C.and A.D. 6) likely inspired the famous grape and vine coin typesof the First and Second Revolts. this is the earliest Roman coin with an explicit reference to Rome&#039;s intervention in Jewish/Judaean affairs![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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