It's funny how things seem to come in bunches. After finding the nice Aristobulus I posted a
bit above, last week I was in Baltimore for the
Whitman Coin Expo, and lo and behold I walk up to a dealer with whom I often do a lot of business at that show, and he has a total of four Aristobulus pieces, including two with Salome's image on the
reverse. One was very nice, with almost full legends, but priced accordingly. The second was more in line with my
budget, albeit with less detail. So basically in the course of six weeks, I was able to add two coins that I really never thought I'd be able to have. Sometimes, life just works out that way.
My (lack of) photography skills really don't do the coin justice. From a slightly different lighting angle, there is actually a decent amount of legends visible on both sides, including several letters of her name.
Craig