DR-557 | Crawford: 422/1a
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus

Gens: Aemilia
Moneyer: Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Date and mint: 58 BC - Rome


Obverse: Camel, right; before, kneeling figure (of King Aretas), holding the reins in the left hand and an olive branch tied with fillet in the right hand. Dotted border.
Legend: M SCAVR EX S C AED CVR

Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga, left, reins in left hand and throwing lightning with right. Dotted border.
Legend: P HYPSAEVS / AED CVR / C HVPSAE COS / PREIVER CAPTVM

Comment: Marcus Aemilius Scaurus issues this denarius representing the moment in which he subjugated the king of Nabatea under the power of the Roman republic (62 BC). The camel, an exotic animal that few would know in ancient Roma, is the first of the two times it appears on a republican denarius. Aretas, kneeling with an olive branch in his right hand symbolizes peace, or submission...
On the reverse, Jupiter driving a chariot with his left hand and launching lightning with his right hand left no room for doubt about the power of the emitter.

Provenance: Roma Numismatics (2019)
Price: 3,382 €