RPC IX, 1870

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1870
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 front
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 27 mm
Average weight 11.12 g
Axis 12
Reference Baldus 7, Prieur 1025
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ J-SBF Baldus 7 (V/6), pl. 1
2 2     Berk, MBS, Feb. 1996, lot 528 = Prieur 1025A