RPC IX, 1924

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1924
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Uranius Antoninus
Person (obv.) Uranius Antoninus (Augustus)
Issue Group 3: ‘fine’ silver
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ ϹΟΥ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σου(λπίκιος) 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 8.51 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Baldus I 34–5, 39, Prieur 1065
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1903A/1, 1904/1, 1907/1, 1909/1, 1912/1, 1921/1. 2: same rev. die as 1912/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Baldus I 35 = M&M Basel 61, Oct. 1982, lot 193
2 2     Baldus I p. 484 = NFA 10, 17 Sept. 1981, lot 393
3 3     Private coll. = Baldus I 34
4 4     Private coll. = Baldus I 39