Experts in Coins & Medals

MACEDON. Tragilos. Circa 450-400 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 7 mm, 0.19 g, 10 h). Bunch of grapes. Rev. Τ Ρ Α Ι within a quadripartite incuse square. BMC 5 var. HGC 3.1, 746 (this coin). Lightly toned and well struck. Minor uncleaned deposits, otherwise, about extremely fine.

M. Aemilius Scaurus and Pub. Plautius Hypsaeus, 58 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 4.01 g, 4 h), Rome. [M] SCAVR / AED CVR / EX - S C / [REX ARETAS] Male figure (king Aretas) kneeling to right, holding palm branch in his right hand and the reins of a camel standing right behind him in his left. Rev. P HYPSAE / AED CVR / CAPTV / C HYPSAE CO[S] / PREIVE Jupiter in quadriga to left; below, scorpion to right. Babelon (Aemilia) 8, (Plautia) 8. Crawford 422/1b. RBW 1519. Sydenham 913. Attractively toned. Very fine.