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M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus, 58 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 4.05 g, 2 h), Rome. M SCAVR / AED CVR / EX S C / REX ARETAS Male figure (king Aretas) kneeling to right, holding palm branch in his right hand and the reins of a camel standing right behind him in his left. Rev. P HYPSAE / AED CVR / CAPTV / C HYPSAE COS / PREIVE Jupiter in quadriga to left; below, scorpion to right. Babelon (Aemilia) 8, (Plautia) 8. Crawford 422/1b. RBW 1519. Sydenham 913. Good very fine.
Ex Coin Galleries MBS 93, 22 July 1992, 275.

The obverse of this interesting coin depicts the submission of king Aretas III. Philhellenos of the Nabataeans. Aretas was a successful leader but came into conflict with the Romans when he tried to invade Syria.