Scaurus & Hypsaeus "King Aretas" Camel Denarius

Obverse — King Aretas kneeling right beside his camel, olive branch extended; M·SCAVR / AED·CVR above, EX—S·C in field, [REX ARE]TAS in exergue

Reverse — Jupiter in quadriga left brandishing thunderbolt; scorpion below horses; [P·HVPSAE]VS AED·CVR around, C·HVPSAE·COS / PREIVE[R] in exergue

Attribution: Italy. Rome. M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus, curule aediles. c. 58 BC. AR. denarius.

Obverse: King Aretas III of Nabataea kneeling right beside his camel, extending an olive branch in supplication

Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga left, brandishing thunderbolt; scorpion below the horses

Weight: 3.97 g (tag) (From the reunited earlier dealer's printed tag; not re-weighed. The tag's attribution to this coin is near-certain but confirmed by matching type only, not by an unbroken pairing — see My Notes.) Reference: Crawford 422/1b

The Coin