171, Lot: 209. Estimate $100. Sold for $101. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus. 58 BC. AR Fourée Denarius (18mm, 2.83 g). Nabatean king Aretas kneeling before camel / Jupiter driving galloping quadriga left; scorpion to left. Cf. Crawford 422/1; cf. Sydenham 912 and 913; cf. Aemilia 9 and 8. VF, toned, planchet flaw. A interesting contemporary imitation hybridizing Crawford 422/1 varieties..

From the Karl Sifferman Collection.