RPC IX, 1905

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1905
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Uranius Antoninus
Person (obv.) Uranius Antoninus (Augustus)
Issue Group 3: ‘fine’ silver
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ ϹΟΥΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σουλ(πίκιος) Σεουῆρος Ἀντωνῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Sulpicius Severus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠ Β, S C
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας ὕπ(ατος) βʹ s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation holder of tribunician power, consul for the second time, by decree of the senate
Reverse design camel, with saddle, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.52 g
Axis 6
Reference Baldus 28, Prieur 1083–4
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 1, 3: same obv. die as 1911/1–4, 1917/1, 1920/1, 1923/2–3. 2: same obv. die as 1920/2, 1923/1. 1, 3: same rev. die as 1908/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 109/1929 Baldus 28 (XIX/26)
2 2     Hess-Leu 49, Apr. 1971, lot 433 = Sternberg, Nov.-Dec. 1973, lot 354 = Baldus I 6 = Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 393 = Sternberg 21, 14 Nov. 1988, lot 488
3 3     Leu 20, 25 Apr. 1978, lot 374 = Baldus III p. 35, no. 3
4 4     ✸ Triton I, 2–3 Dec. 1997, lot 711 = Baldus I 13 = Prieur 1084