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Denarius of Publius Plautius Hypsaeus and Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Obverse: King Aretas of Nabatea kneeling in supplication right; camel standing behind, right. Reverse: Figure (Victory?) in quadriga (4-horse chariot), left; scorpion beneath horses’ forefeet; inscription in exergue curls around to right edge.
Although the obverse honors Scaurus’ defeat of Aretas of Nabatea in 62 BCE, the reverse, in classic Republican style, references an old victory over the city of Privernum in the 4th century BCE by an ancestor of the man (P. Hypsaeus) minting the coin.
Inscription
Provenance
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Mrs. Sidney C. Doolittle, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1974, by gift.
Geographies
Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Max diam: 11/16 in. (1.78 cm); axis: 5:00
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Sidney C. Doolittle, 1974
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
59.762