Lot description:
The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Republic.
M. Aemilius Scaurus, P. Plautius Hypsaeus. Denarius 58, AR 19 mm, 3.74 g. M·SCAVR / AED CVR Kneeling figure r., holding olive branch and reins of camel standing beside him; on either side, EX – S·C. Rev. P·HVPSAEVS / AED CVR Jupiter in quadriga l. holding reins in l. hand and hurling thunderbolt with r.; behind, CAPTVM. Below, C HVPSAE COS / PREIVE. Babelon Aemilia 8 and Plautia 8. Sydenham 912. FFC 121 (this coin). RBW –. Crawford 422/1a.
Struck on a very large flan and complete, wonderful iridescent tone and extremely fine
Ex NAC 9, 1996, 707 and Aureo & Calicò 319, 2018, Alba Longa, 95 sales.
Estimate: 1500 CHF | |