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Crawford 422/1b, Roman Republic, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, P. Plautius Hypsaeus, Denarius
Roman Republic (Rome mint 58 BC.), Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, P. Plautius Hypsaeus.
AR Denarius (3.74 g, 17-18 mm).
Obv.: King Aretas III. of Nabataea, presenting olive branch in uplifted right hand, kneeling right beside camel which he holds by reins; above, in two lines, M SCAVR AED CVR; in the field, [E]X - S C; in exergue, [REX ARETAS].
Rev.: Jupiter in fast quadriga left, holding reins and hurling thunderbolt; below horses, scorpion; above, in two lines, [P] HVPSAEVS AED CVR; in field right, CAPTV; in exergue, in two lines, [C] HVPSAE COS / [P]RElVE.
Crawford 422/1b ; Sydenham 913 ; Babelon (Plautia) 8, (Aemilia) 8.

Minted in 58 BC, in occasion of the aedilician games.
Scaurus celebrates his victory over King Aretas III of the Nabateans.
Aretas (Arabic: Haritha) was the Greek form of a name borne by kings of the Nabataeans resident at Petra in Arabia.
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC. Scaurus lost his father very young, but his education was insured by several family friends. Pompey the Great was briefly married to his sister Aemilia Scaura and, even after her death, he continued to take personal interest on the young man. During the Third Mithridatic War, Pompey asked for Scaurus by name to become his military tribune, and charged Scaurus, at the time quaestor with the responsibility for the Judea region. The area was involved in a bloody civil war between the brothers Hyrcanus and Aristobulus. Caught in a siege by the Nabatean king Aretas III, Aristobulus asked for Pompey's intervention through Scaurus, and offered an enormous bribe. After Scaurus convinced Aretas to end the siege (64 BC), Aristobulus accused Scaurus of the extortion of 1000 talents, but Pompey, who trusted his brother in law, decided to give Judea to his opponent Hyrcanus (63 BC). In 62 BC, when Pompey had returned to Rome, Scaurus moved war to Petra, capital of the Nabatean Kingdom, but relieved the siege after receiving a bribe of 300 talents. Nabataea remained a kingdom until the 2nd century AD when Trajan created the Roman Province of Arabia.
In 58 BC, as aedile, Scaurus organized the aedilician games, long remembered for their extravagance.
Praetor (56 BC) and propraetor (55 BC) in Sardinia, Scaurus was supported by the First Triumvirate for the consulship in 54 BC, but was accused of extortion in his province. Scaurus was defended by Cicero, and acquitted in spite of his obvious guilt. In 53 BC, however, he was accused of ambitio (shameless bribery) and went into exile.
- The coin: King Aretas III. of Nabataea is kneeling in front of a camel holding up an olive branch.
What makes this coin unusual is that the issuer defeated King Aretas of Nabataea just a few years earlier so the coin commemorates his own success rather than that of an ancestor. The coin was issued jointly with the other curile aedile who provided the design for the reverse. It is signed at the top P HYPSAE AED CVR and shows Jupiter in a quadriga trampling a scorpion. The scene is explained by the legend in exergue and at the right C HYPSAE COS PREIVE CAPTV. The issuing aedile's ancestor, a consul, had captured the city Privernum in 329 BC. Perhaps it seemed necessary to name the ancestor honored by this side of the coin since the other side honored the aedile himself.
Schlüsselwörter: Roman Republic Marcus Aemilius Scaurus Plautius Hypsaeus Denarius Aretas Nabataea Camel Jupiter Quadriga

Crawford 422/1b, Roman Republic, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, P. Plautius Hypsaeus, Denarius

Roman Republic (Rome mint 58 BC.), Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, P. Plautius Hypsaeus.
AR Denarius (3.74 g, 17-18 mm).
Obv.: King Aretas III. of Nabataea, presenting olive branch in uplifted right hand, kneeling right beside camel which he holds by reins; above, in two lines, M SCAVR AED CVR; in the field, [E]X - S C; in exergue, [REX ARETAS].
Rev.: Jupiter in fast quadriga left, holding reins and hurling thunderbolt; below horses, scorpion; above, in two lines, [P] HVPSAEVS AED CVR; in field right, CAPTV; in exergue, in two lines, [C] HVPSAE COS / [P]RElVE.
Crawford 422/1b ; Sydenham 913 ; Babelon (Plautia) 8, (Aemilia) 8.

Minted in 58 BC, in occasion of the aedilician games.
Scaurus celebrates his victory over King Aretas III of the Nabateans.
Aretas (Arabic: Haritha) was the Greek form of a name borne by kings of the Nabataeans resident at Petra in Arabia.
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC. Scaurus lost his father very young, but his education was insured by several family friends. Pompey the Great was briefly married to his sister Aemilia Scaura and, even after her death, he continued to take personal interest on the young man. During the Third Mithridatic War, Pompey asked for Scaurus by name to become his military tribune, and charged Scaurus, at the time quaestor with the responsibility for the Judea region. The area was involved in a bloody civil war between the brothers Hyrcanus and Aristobulus. Caught in a siege by the Nabatean king Aretas III, Aristobulus asked for Pompey's intervention through Scaurus, and offered an enormous bribe. After Scaurus convinced Aretas to end the siege (64 BC), Aristobulus accused Scaurus of the extortion of 1000 talents, but Pompey, who trusted his brother in law, decided to give Judea to his opponent Hyrcanus (63 BC). In 62 BC, when Pompey had returned to Rome, Scaurus moved war to Petra, capital of the Nabatean Kingdom, but relieved the siege after receiving a bribe of 300 talents. Nabataea remained a kingdom until the 2nd century AD when Trajan created the Roman Province of Arabia.
In 58 BC, as aedile, Scaurus organized the aedilician games, long remembered for their extravagance.
Praetor (56 BC) and propraetor (55 BC) in Sardinia, Scaurus was supported by the First Triumvirate for the consulship in 54 BC, but was accused of extortion in his province. Scaurus was defended by Cicero, and acquitted in spite of his obvious guilt. In 53 BC, however, he was accused of ambitio (shameless bribery) and went into exile.
- The coin: King Aretas III. of Nabataea is kneeling in front of a camel holding up an olive branch.
What makes this coin unusual is that the issuer defeated King Aretas of Nabataea just a few years earlier so the coin commemorates his own success rather than that of an ancestor. The coin was issued jointly with the other curile aedile who provided the design for the reverse. It is signed at the top P HYPSAE AED CVR and shows Jupiter in a quadriga trampling a scorpion. The scene is explained by the legend in exergue and at the right C HYPSAE COS PREIVE CAPTV. The issuing aedile's ancestor, a consul, had captured the city Privernum in 329 BC. Perhaps it seemed necessary to name the ancestor honored by this side of the coin since the other side honored the aedile himself.

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