RPC IX, 1865

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1865
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Uranius Antoninus
Person (obv.) Uranius Antoninus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1: debased silver with ƐΜΙϹΑ
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σουλπ(ίκος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Sulpicius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, ΕΜΙϹΑ, S C
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας Ἔμισα Senatus Consulto
Translation Tribunician power, Emesa, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design eagle standing on line, facing, head left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.84 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Baldus 4–5, Prieur 1032
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 6: same pair of dies. 2, 5: same pair of dies. 1–2, 4–6: same obv. die as 1874/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0327.210 BMC 22 = Baldus 4 (III/3)
2 2     P: Chandon de Briailles 1532 Baldus 5 (III/4)
3 3     ✸ CNG 96, 14 May 2014, lot 657
4 4     CNG EA 116, 15 June 2005, lot 168
5 5     CNG EA 286, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 253
6 6     CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1369
7 7     UBS 78, 9 Sept. 2008, lot 1872