Roman Silver & Bronze Coins

Sale 105    25–27 Mar 2014   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 4128    Session 14 (4.30pm Thu 27th March)    Roman Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $180
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $160

M. AEMILIUS SCAURUS AND P. Plautius Hypsaeus, (c.58 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (4.12 g), obv. king Aretas kneeling beside camel to right, M.SCAVR and AED CVR above, REX [ARETAS] in exergue, EX to left, [SC] to right, rev. Jupiter in quadriga to left, P.HYPSAE / AED CVR above, [CAPTV] on right, [C.HYPSAE COS/ PREIVER] in exergue, scorpion below horses, (S.379, Cr.422/1b, Syd.913, RSC Aemilia 8). Attractive deep toning, nearly extremely fine and scarce.

The extraordinary obverse type commemorates the surrender to Scaurus of the Nabataean king Aretas III in 62 BC. This coin represents the first instance of a moneyer portraying an event from his own career on the coinage.

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