RPC IX, 1911

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1911
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 Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.88 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Baldus I 9–11, Prieur 1074
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1905/1, 3, 1917/1, 1920/1, 1923/2–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1972,0213.2 Baldus I 11
2 2     Baldus I 10 = NFA 1, 20 Mar. 1975, lot 393 = NFA 27, 5 Dec. 1991, lot 167
3 3     Baldus I 9 = Hess-Divo 307, 7 June 2007, lot 1685
4 4     Künker 273, 14 Mar. 2016, lot 898 = NFA 5, 23 Feb. 1978, lot 497 = Baldus III p. 35, no. 2