Denarius Aemilia: Marcus Æmilius Scaurus and Publius Plautius Hypsaeus

Issued jointly by Marcus Aemilius Scaurus and Publius Plautius Hypsaeus as moneyers, this denarius was struck the same year Scaurus's father — the notorious princeps senatus of the same name — was put on trial for extortion following his governorship of Sardinia. The younger Scaurus would later face identical charges for his own conduct in Sardinia, suggesting the family's reputation for provincial exploitation was well earned. Hypsaeus, meanwhile, was a client of Pompey and would be condemned in 52 BC under the lex Pompeia de vi.