Freeman & Sear - Mail Bid Sale 15 Lot: 276

ROMAN REPUBLIC: M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius 
Hypsaeus. 58 BC. AR denarius.

ROMAN REPUBLIC. M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius 
Hypsaeus. 58 BC. AR denarius (4.07 gm). [M SC]AVR AED 
CVR in two lines above, King Aretas of Nabataea, cape 
billowing behind, kneeling right beside saddled 
dromedary camel, holding reins in left hand and offering 
filleted olive branch with right, REX ARETAS in exergue, 
[E]X — SC in fields, dotted border / [P HVP]SAE AED CVR 
in two lines above, Jupiter in quadriga left, 
brandishing thunderbolt in right hand, scorpion before 
horses, C HVPSAE COS PREIVE in two lines below, CAPTV on 
right, dotted border. RCV 379. RRC 422/1b. Dark tone. 
Very fine 

Ex Albert M. Potts Collection; ex Münzen und Medaillen 
List 136, July 1954, lot 212. 
Estimated Value: $ 250 

  ... Lot 276 sold for high bid of $340 [ $391, or approx 246.33 EUR, 195.5 GBP  

From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 15, Closed June 27, 2008.
By permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear,com.