389, Lot: 535. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus. 58 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 4.09 g, 12h). Rome mint. Nabatean king Aretas kneeling to right, holding reins and olive branch before camel standing right / Jupiter driving quadriga left, holding reins and hurling thunderbolt; scorpion below horses. Crawford 422/1b; Sydenham 913; Aemilia 8. In NGC encapsulation graded Ch XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5, toned, obverse struck slightly off center.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.