RPC IX, 1929

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1929
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΜΙϹΩΝ ΚΟΛΩ, ΕΞΦ
Edition Ἐμίσων κολω(νίας) εξφʹ
Translation of the Emesians, colony, 565
Reverse design temple on podium, seen from three-quarter, with four columns on the front side, with crescent on pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 23.62 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Baldus 30–3
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 1926/1–4, 1927/1–13, 15–19, 1930/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1946,1004.625
2 2     P: Chandon de Briailles 1532
3 3     P: Y 28359, Seyrig
4 4     CNG Triton XVI, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 729
5 5     M&M Basel 32, Oct. 1966, lot 138 = Baldus 33
6 6     NAC 59, 4 Apr. 2011, lot 1123 = CNG 94, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 1073