RPC IX, 1898

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1898
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σουλπίκιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σουλπ(ίκιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Sulpicius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, left, seen from rear, right hand raised
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ, Β, S - C, ΕΜΙϹΑ
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ βʹ Senatus Consulto Ἔμισα δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας ὕπα(τος) τὸ βʹ S(enatus) C(onsulto) Ἔμισα
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time, by decree of the Senate, Emesa
Reverse design eagle standing on line, facing, head right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.40 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1869/1, 1879/1–3.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Emporium Hamburg 74, 12 Nov. 2015, lot 383