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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1879 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IX |
Number | 1879 |
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 ϹΕ |
Edition | Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σουλπ(ίκιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Sulpicius Antoninus Augustus |
Obverse design | radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, left, seen from rear, right hand raised |
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 right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak |
Metal | debased silver |
Average diameter | 26 mm |
Average weight | 10.72 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | Baldus II p. 33, nos 1–2, Prieur 1041 |
Specimens | 3 (1 in the core collections) |
Die-links | 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1869/1, 1898/1. |