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
Nominative Imperator 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
Reverse design camel, with saddle, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
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.

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