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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4285927, member: 44316&quot;]This REX ARETAS type is &quot;busy&quot; and often the flans are too small for the dies. Not many Republican types try to put that much information one one coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090819[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Before I got this one I had had two that were either lacking most of &quot;REX ARETAS&quot; or the head of the camel. Even so, this one is still crowded. I&#039;d like to see one that had everything on the flan.</p><p><br /></p><p>18 mm. 3.87 grams.</p><p>M SACVR</p><p>AED CVR</p><p>EX&nbsp; SC</p><p>REX ARETAS in exergue&nbsp; [24 letters]</p><p><br /></p><p>P HVPSAE</p><p>AED C</p><p>C HVPSAE COS&nbsp;&nbsp; and</p><p>PREIVER in exergue</p><p>CAPT upwards to right&nbsp;&nbsp; [32 letters]</p><p>scorpion below horses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Total of 56 letters!</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear I 379. Crawford 422/1b.</p><p><br /></p><p>The surrender is described in Josephus <i>Ant</i>. xiv, 80-81.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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