RPC IX, 1896

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1896
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 ΥΠ Τ, Β S C
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας ὕπ(ατος) 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 25 mm
Average weight 11.00 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Baldus 19, Prieur 1048
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1886/1, 1892/1, 1894/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1973/1/369, Seyrig Baldus 19 (XIV/17)
2 2     CNG EA 534, 15 Mar. 2023, lot 405 = CNG EA 435, 2 Jan. 2019, lot 260