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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4285789, member: 99456&quot;][USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] - nice link between your two coins and two posts.&nbsp; I think Scaurus was&nbsp; the first to be so bold: minting coins celebrating his own accomplishments.&nbsp; Adding to the complicated family tree, Sulla became Scaurus&#039; step-father when he married as his third wife, Caecilia Metella, mother to Scaurus.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sulla also brokered the marriage of Scaurus&#039; sister Aemilia to Pompey - for both their second marriage...I wont go on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my coin of the submission of Aretas:&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090720[/ATTACH]<b>Marcus Aemilius Scaurus </b>and <b>Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus, AR denarius, </b>58 BC, Rome</p><p><b>Obv: </b>M SCAVR / AED CVR in two lines above, EX SC across field REX ARETAS in exergue, the Nabatean king Aretas kneeling to right, extending olive-branch and holding reins, before camel standing right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> P HVPSAEV / AED CVR in two lines above, CAPTV to right, C HVPSAE COS / PREIVER in two lines in exergue, Jupiter driving quadriga left; below horses&#039; forelegs, scorpion</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 422/1b; Sydenham 913; Aemilia 8, Reverse legends which vary a lot on this issue, match <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b104246950" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b104246950" rel="nofollow">this BnF coin </a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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