Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 718. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $285. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Aemilius Scarus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus. 58 BC. AR Denarius (3.75 gm). Nabatean king Aretas kneeling before camel; M SCAVR/AED CVR in two lines above, [E]X S C across field / Jupiter in quadriga; scorpion to left, P. HVPSAE/AED CVR in two lines above, CAPTV right; C HYPSAE COS/PREIVE in two lines in exergue. Crawford 422/1b; Sydenham 913; Aemilia 8. Lightly toned EF. ($250)