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Republic - M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus moneyer
 Silver Denarius (19mm, 3.94 gm.) Rome, 58 B.C.
Reference: . B.M.C. 3878; Syd. 913; Craw. 422/lb
M . SCAVR / AED CVR above king Aretas kneeling beside a camel r., EX on ,S . C on right, REX ARETAS in ex.
HYPSAE (vs) / AED CVR above Jupiter in quadriga left, CAPTVM on right, c. HYPSAEVS cos PREIV (ER) in ex. scorpion below horses.

From Old European Collection.

This is one of the earliest instances of a moneyer commemorating on his coins an event connected with his own history. When M. Aemilius, one of the most noted men of his time, was Governor of Syria, he repressed the incursions of the Nabathean Arabians, compelling their king, Aretas, to submit and pay a fine of 300 talents to Pompey. Pub. Plautius was curule aedile with him in B.C. 58.