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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 5010118, member: 44316&quot;]Nice coin!&nbsp; I agree that having the dog on the flan is critical.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201756[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Same as the OP type, but with letter A.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next is a Republican type with flans normally too small for the dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1201758[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is the famous &quot;REX ARETAS&quot; type which is the first Republican type to refer to an event involving the moneyer (as opposed to an ancestor of the moneyer). In this case, it refers to King Aretas of Nabataea surrendering to the moneyer (under Pompey) in 62 BC.</p><p>M. Aemilius Scarus (and P. Plautius Hypaseus) in 58 BC. Crawford 422/1b. Sear I 379.</p><p>It is almost impossible to get both &quot;REX ARETAS&quot; and the camel&#039;s head on the flan. I had two with the camel&#039;s head cut off before I found this one, which squeezes the &quot;REX ARETAS&quot; legend in exergue. Of course, the camel is a symbol of Arabia and the legend makes the reference to the king who was surrendering, so we really want both on the flan. I just checked vcoins and they have one wonderful coin that does, very expensive, and five that don&#039;t have both.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the OP. If the coin doesn&#039;t have the dog, it doesn&#039;t tell the critical story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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