RPC IX, 1892

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1892
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 right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.72 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Baldus 18, Prieur 1049–50, 1053–4
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1886/1, 1894/2, 1896/1. 4–6: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1973/1/370, Seyrig Baldus 18 (XIV/16)
2 2     Agora (Tel-Aviv) 1, May 1974, lot 222 = Baldus I Π/π
3 3     Badlus II, p. 72–3, pl. 8.3 = Stack’s, May 1980, lot 1258 = Baldus III p. 35
4 4     Myers-Adams 6, Dec. 1973, lot 314 = Baldus I Σ/σ = CNG EA 82, 4 Feb. 2004, lot 39 = CNG 54, 14 June 2000, lot 1180
5 5     ✸ Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 392 = Baldus III p. 34, no. 3 = CNG MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, lot 862
6 6     Leu 7, 24 Oct. 2020, lot 1497