M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus 58 BC. Rome
Denarius AR
18 mm., 3,91 g.
[M•SCAVR AED C]VR, 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. Bankers´ marks on obv. and rev.
very fine
Babelon Aemilia 8 and Plautia 8; Sydenham 913; Crawford 422/1b.