COIN (ROMAN)

A Roman Republican denarius of M Scaurus (58 BC), mint of Rome, RRC 422/1a.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Aemilius Scaurus, M.
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Camel right; before, kneeling figure (of King Aretas), holding reins in left hand and olive-branch tied with fillet in right hand ; on either side, inscription. Border of dots.
Obverse legend: M·SCAVR EX S C AED CVR
Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga left, holding reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right hand . Border of dots.
Reverse legend: [P·]HYPSAEVS / AED·CVR [C·]HVPSAE·COS / PREIVER CAPT
Dated: -58.0 to 
Weight (g): 3.95
Completeness: Incomplete
Parish: Restricted Access
District: the Vale of Glamorgan
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Region: Wales
Place known as: Sully Island
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-422.1a
Notes: 
This data is sourced from the corpus of work produced by Peter Guest and Nick Wells, entitled "Iron Age and Roman coins of Wales. There are no images to accompany this series and our staff did not identify these coins. Questions about these data should be directed to Dr Guest/ Dr Wells.