RPC IX, 1933

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1933
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Uranius Antoninus
Person (obv.) Uranius Antoninus (Augustus)
Issue Group 5: imperial coinage
Obverse inscription L IVL AVR SVLP VRA ANTONINVS
Edition L(ucius) Iul(ius) Aur(elius) Sulp(icius) Ura(nius) Antoninus
Translation Lucius Julius Aurelius Sulpicius Uranius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription FORTVNA ΡEDVIX
Edition Fortuna Ρedu{i}x
Translation Fortuna the homebringer
Reverse design Fortuna, seated left holding rudder and cornucopia; wheel at her feet
Metal gold
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.63 g
Axis 12
Reference RIC 4, Baldus 68, 72, 76–81
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.uran_ant.4
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 5–8, 10: same pair of dies. 1, 3, 5–8, 10: same obv. die as 1932/1, 1935/2–3, 13, 19. 2: same obv. die as 1935/1, 4–12, 14–18, 20, 1941/1–2. 9: same obv. die as 1947/1–3. 1–10: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1259A J. Hirsch 18, 27 May 1907, lot 1242 (Imhoof-Blumer) = Baldus 76 (VI/10)
2 2     ✸ NY: 1961.56.6 Baldus 68 (III/10)
3 3     NY-Met Baldus 81 (VI/10) = Leu 48, 10 May 1989, lot 400
4 4     Baldus 72 (V/10) = Leu 91, 10 May 2004, lot 648 = Numismatica Genevensis 4, 11 Dec. 2006, lot 227 = NAC 62, 6 Oct. 2011, lot 2067
5 5     Baldus 79 (VI/10), pl. 7
6 6     Christie, Manson & Woods, Oct. 1984 (The Property of a Lady), lot 126 = Leu 52, 15 May 1991, lot 246 = Baldus IV p. 34, no. 3 (VI/10/h)
7 7     Münzhandlung Basel 6, 1936, lot 1935 = M&M Basel 12, 1953, lot 847 = Mazzini pl. 74 = Santamaria, May 1961, lot 249 = M&M Basel 28, 1964, lot 452 = Baldus 78 (VI/10) = LHS 97, 10 May 2006, lot 66
8 8     NAC 87, 8 Oct. 2015, lot 334 = Hauck & Aufhäuser 17, 18 Mar. 2003, lot 536 = Hess-Leu, 7 Apr. 1960, lot 376 = Baldus 77 (VI/10) = Feuardent, Collection R. Jameson. Tome II, Monnaies impériales romaines (Paris, 1913), no. 222
9 9     NGA 30, 8 Dec. 1992, lot 288 = NFA 6, 27 Feb. 1979, lot 867 = Baldus III, p. 32, no. 7
10 10     Santamaria, Oct. 1959, lot 165 = Baldus 80 (VI/10) = Sotheby’s London, June 1979, lot 134