Republica Romana
M. Aemilius Scaurus & P. Plautius Hypsaeus

Denarius AR 17

SHH 4313

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3.83 g   16.8-17.8 mm   4:00 o'clock   VF Nabataean king Aretas kneeling right beside camel in attitude of supplication, presenting olive-branch; M SCAVR // AED CVR above, EX / S [C] to left and right, [R]EX ARET[AS] in exergue. Jupiter brandishing thunderbolt in quadriga left, scorpion below forelegs of horses; [HVPSAEV AE]D CVR above, CAPTV upward on right, C HYPSAE C COS // PREIVE[R] in exergue. ? Crawford 422.1b; Sear Roman Coins I 379; Sydenham 913 Ex Harlan J. Berk, 21.4.2001