RPC IX, 1894

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1894
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 ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Sulpicius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ Τ Β, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on line, facing, head r., spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal Debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Baldus 21–2, Prieur 1046
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1884/1, 1895/1. 2: same obv. die as 1886/1, 1892/1, 1896/1. 3: same obv. die as 1914/1. 1, 3: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.66210 Baldus 21 (XV/19)
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1882 = UBS 55, 16 Sept. 2002, lot 2018
3 3     K. Butcher, ‘Two Notes on Syrian Silver of the Third Century AD’, NC 1989, pl. 43.1