324, Lot: 326. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus. 58 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.84 g, 4h). Rome mint. Nabatean king Aretas kneeling to right, holding reins and olive branch before camel standing right / Jupiter driving quadriga left, holding reins and hurling thunderbolt; scorpion below horses. Crawford 422/1b; Sydenham 913; Aemilia 8. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, reverse slightly off center.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex CNG Stock 782900 (January 2007).