RPC IX, 1923

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1923
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 8.36 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Baldus I 5, 8, Prieur 1066
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1905/2, 1920/2. 2–3: same obv. die as 1905/1, 3, 1911/1–4, 1917/1, 1920/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1973/1/455, Seyrig
2 2     Baldus I 8 = CNG Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 791 = Künker 100, 21 June 2005, lot 75
3 3     NFA 5, 1978, lot 496 = Leu 25, 1980, lot 395 = Baldus III, p. 35, no. 1 = Gorny 100, 20 Nov. 1999, lot 557