RPC IX, 1928

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1928
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Uranius Antoninus
Person (obv.) Uranius Antoninus (Augustus)
Issue Group 4: bronze coinage. Year ƐΞΦ = 565
Dating AD 253/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σουλπ(ίκιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Sulpicius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΜΙϹΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝ, ΕΞΦ
Edition Ἐμίσων κολων(ίας) εξφʹ
Translation of the Emesians, colony, 565
Reverse design temple with six columns enclosing conical stone of Elagabal, ornamented with a facing eagle, between two umbrellas; crescent on pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 28.72 g
Axis 6
Reference Baldus 44
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Y 23879, Seyrig