Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Auction 331 | RES PVBLICA RES PVBLICA
Thursday 27 March 2025 hours 14:00 (UTC +01:00)
M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus, Denarius, 58 BC; AR (3,55 g; 17 mm; 7 h)
Nabataean king Aretas kneeling to right, holding reins and olive branch before camel standing to right; M SCAVR / AED CVR in two lines above, EX – S[C] to either side of camel, [R]EX ARET[AS] in exergue; Rv. Jupiter driving galloping quadriga to l., holding reins and hurling thunderbolt; scorpion below horses; P HVPSAE / AED CVR in two lines above; CAPTV upward to right; C HVPSAE COS / PREIVE in two lines in exergue. Crawford 422/1b; Babelon (Aemilia) 8, (Plautia) 8; Sydenham 913. Good extremely fine. Lustrous.