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ID:     03_57
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     P. Plautius Hypsaeus and M. Aemilius Scaurus
Date Ruled:     58 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     AR Denarius
Date Struck:     58 BC
Diameter:     17.87 mm
Weight:     3.98 g
Obverse Legend:     M SCAVR AED CVR / EX S C / REX ARETAS
Obverse Description:     King Aretas of Nabataea, presenting olive branch in uplifted right hand, kneeling right beside camel which he holds by reins
Reverse Legend:     P HVPSAEVS AED CVR / CAPTV / C HVPSAE COS PRElVER.
Reverse Description:     Jupiter in fast quadriga left, holding reins and hurling thunderbolt; below horses, scorpion; above.
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     Crawford 422/1b
Reference2:     Plautia 8/Aemilia 8
Reference3:     Syd 933
Photograph Credit:     Bruce Antonelli