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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2262341, member: 74282&quot;]There ain&#039;t no scorpion on this one! They have the Crawford number right but not the actual description. This is the rarer 422/1a variety with no scorpion(I say rarer because Crawford estimates ~20 obverse dies for this one versus ~336 for 422/1b!). A better attribution is:</p><p><br /></p><p>M Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaes, AR Denarius, 58 BC. Rome mint. Camel right; before, kneeling figure holding reins in let hand and olive-branch tied with fillet in right hand; above M SCAVR; on either side, EX SC; below, AED CVR. Border of dots / Jupiter in quadriga left, holding reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right hand; above, P HVPSAEVS; AED CVR; below, C HVPSAE COS; PREIVER; on right, CAPTVM upwards. Border of dots. Crawford 422/1a. BMCRR Rome 3877</p><p><br /></p><p>Man, there is a lot going on on this denarius! That was a hard attribution to type out. Just note that in the legends above, when you see something like C HVPSAE COS; PREIVER that the &#039;;&#039; represents a line break.</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S.: Get well soon, Pish![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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