Watch List notes:

M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus AR Denarius. Rome, 58 BC. 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. Crawford 422/1b; RSC Aemilia 8 and Plautia 8. 3.85g 19mm, 5h.

Very Fine; pleasantly toned, with golden highlights to rev.

Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009.