RPC IX, 1871

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1871
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Uranius Antoninus
Person (obv.) Uranius Antoninus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1: debased silver with ƐΜΙϹΑ
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σουλπ(ίκιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Sulpicius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, 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 27 mm
Average weight 11.01 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Baldus 10–11, Prieur 1038–9
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3–4: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Baldus coll. = Baldus 11 (VIII/9)
2 2     ✸ M&M Basel, list 244, 1964, lot 49 = Baldus 10 (VIII/9) = Lanz 149, 24 June 2010, lot 515
3 3     NFA 25, 29 Nov. 1990, lot 448 = Prieur 1038
4 4     Schulman NY, 26 May 1970, lot 306 = Baldus I Γ/γ = Gorny & Mosch 191, 11 Oct. 2010, lot 1855 = Künker 136, 10 Mar. 2008, lot 1192