M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus. 58 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Rome mint.

Triton XXV
Lot: 734. Estimated: $ 500

Roman Republican, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 4 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus. 58 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Nabatean King Aretas kneeling right, holding reins in left hand and olive branch tied with fillet in extended right hand before camel standing right; M • SCAVR/AED CVR above; EX S C across field; [R]EX ARETAS in exergue / Jupiter, holding reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right, driving galloping quadriga left; P HVPSAEVS/AED CVR in two lines above; CAPTV upward to right; C HVPSAE COS/PREIVER in two lines in exergue. Crawford 422/1b; Sydenham 913; Aemilia 8; BMCRR Rome 3879; Kestner 3442, 3446; RBW 1519; S 379 (this coin illustrated). Light iridescent tone, underlying luster, scratch on obverse. EF.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXVII (4 December 1991), lot 507.


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