M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus 58 BC. Rome
Denarius AR
17mm., 3,79g.
M•SCAVR AED CVR, kneeling figure right (King Aretas of Nabataea), holding olive branch and reins of camel beside him; EX on left; S•C on right; REX ARETAS in exergue / P•HVPSAE AED CVR, Jupiter in quadriga left, holding reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right; scorpion below horses; CAPTV on right; C HVPSAE COS PREIVE in exergue.
good very fine
Babelon Aemilia 8 and Plautia 8; Sydenham 913; Crawford 422/1b.