RPC IX, 1889

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1889
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 ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σουλπ(ίκιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Sulpicius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Uranius Antoninus, right
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 11.42 g
Axis 12
Reference Baldus 17, Prieur 1044
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1897/1, 1897A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Schulman NY, 27 Oct. 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 4464 = Baldus 17 (XIII/15)