RPC IX, 1884

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1884
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Uranius Antoninus
Person (obv.) Uranius Antoninus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2: debased silver with ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β
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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ, Β S C
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας ὕπα(τος) τὸ β S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time, 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 11.43 g
Axis 12
Reference Baldus III p. 34, no. 4, Prieur 1053A, 1056A
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1894/1, 1895/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Baldus III p. 34, no. 4 (as being in P, but not there)
2 2     CNG MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 963
3 3     ✸ Lanz 76, 18 May 1996, lot 771 = Prieur 1053A = Freeman & Sear, list 2, 1994, lot 135