Republica Romana
M. Aemilius Scaurus & P. Plautius Hypsaeus

Denarius AR 18

SHH 3565

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3.95 g   16.8-18.8 mm   7:00 o'clock   VF Nabataean king Aretas kneeling right beside camel in attitude of supplication, presenting olive-branch; M SCAVR // AED CVR above, [E]X / S C to left and right, [R]EX ARETA[S] in exergue. Jupiter brandishing thunderbolt in quadriga left, scorpion below forelegs of horses; HVPSAEV AED CVR above, CAPT upward on right, C HYPSAE C COS //8 PRE]IVE[R] in exergue. ? Crawford 422.1b; Sear Roman Coins I 379; Sydenham 913 28.12.2008