RPC IX, 1894

 

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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 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 Τ Β, S C
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας ὕπα(τος) τ(ὸ) 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 17.16 g
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

# Specimen 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