RPC IX, 1900

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1900
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ Τ(Ο) 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 10.91 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Prieur 1058–60
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–6: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: Righetti 2092
2 2     Baldus II, p. 72–3
3 3     CNG 96, 14 May 2014, lot 658
4 4     CNG EA 233, 26 May 2010, lot 289
5 5     ✸ Frankfurter Münzhandlung 120, Jan. 1973, lot 1668 = Malter 1, Nov. 1973, lot 409 = Baldus I Ξ/ξ = Schulman 265, 28 Sept. 1976, lot 755 = Lanz 100, 20 Nov. 2000, lot 332
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 Mar. 2010, lot 1704