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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2823594, member: 76194"]That coin of mine is an M. Scaurus denarius from 58 BCE, so towards the end of the Republican period for Rome. It celebrates a victory over the Nabateans. On the obverse, King Aretas III kneeling in submission, and holding a palm branch (a symbol of peace), and he is also holding the reigns of the camel.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse we see Jupiter riding a quadriga, and a scorpion.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a very unusual design for a denarius, and these coins have such a busy design that it is almost impossible to find one with the entire design on the flan, as the crowded dies were usually larger than the flans being struck by it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn't look very Roman at all with the unusual design, but I assure you it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2823594, member: 76194"]That coin of mine is an M. Scaurus denarius from 58 BCE, so towards the end of the Republican period for Rome. It celebrates a victory over the Nabateans. On the obverse, King Aretas III kneeling in submission, and holding a palm branch (a symbol of peace), and he is also holding the reigns of the camel. On the reverse we see Jupiter riding a quadriga, and a scorpion. It is a very unusual design for a denarius, and these coins have such a busy design that it is almost impossible to find one with the entire design on the flan, as the crowded dies were usually larger than the flans being struck by it. It doesn't look very Roman at all with the unusual design, but I assure you it is.[/QUOTE]
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