RPC IX, 1920

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1920
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 ΥΠΑ Β, S - C
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας ὑπὰ(τος) β' S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation with tribunician power, consul for the second time, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.57 g
Axis 6
Reference Baldus 27, Prieur 1067–8
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1905/1, 3, 1911/1–4, 1917/1, 1923/2–3. 2: same obv. die as 1905/2, 1923/1. 1–2: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1940,0605.11
2 2     ✸ Baldus I 7 = Sternberg 10, 25 Nov. 1980, lot 539 = Gorny & Mosch 133, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 334 = NAC 29, 11 May 2005, lot 622 = NAC 80, 20 Oct. 2014, lot 201