RPC IX, 1925

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1925
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 ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σου(λπίκιος) Σεουῆρος Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
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 8.12 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Baldus I 19, Prieur 1070
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–5, 7: same pair of dies. 1–5, 7: same obv. die as 1908/1–5, 1913/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 98323 Baldus I 21 = SNG 106
2 2     Baldus I 23 = Schweizerischer Bankverein 5, 3 Feb. 1977, lot 493
3 3     Künker 416, 29 Oct. 2024, lot 2077 = NAC 141, 2023, lot 255 = Leu 10, May 1974, lot 349 = Baldus I 20
4 4     M&M 86, 1998, lot 95 = Triton II, 1998, lot 639 = NAC 42, 20 Nov. 2007, lot 168
5 5     Myers-Adams 7, Apr. 1974, lot 427 = Baldus I 19
6 6     NFA 4, 24 Mar. 1977, lot 660
7 7     P. Bastien documentation = Baldus I 22