Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Presale Auction 391 – RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM Auction 391 (single-session sale)
Thursday 2 July 2026 hours 15:00 (UTC +01:00)
M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus, Denarius, Rome, 58 BC; AR (3,85 g; 17 mm; 8 h)
King Aretas kneeling to right, holding palm branch in his right hand and reins of a camel standing beside him; above, M·SCAVR / AED·CVR; on either side, EX / SC; REX·ARETAS in exergue. Rv. Jupiter in quadriga to left; below, scorpion to right; above, P·HYPSAE / AED CVR; on right, [CAPTV] upwards; in exergue, C·HYPSAE·CO[S] / PREIVE. Crawford 422/1b; Babelon (Aemilia) 8, (Plautia) 8; Sydenham 913. Deep cabinet tone, lovely iridescence. Good extremely fine.