RPC IX, 1936

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1936
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 ANTONINVS
Edition L(ucius) Iul(ius) Aur(elius) Sulp(icius) Antoninus
Translation Lucius Julius Aurelius Sulpicius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, left, seen from front, right arm of cuirass raised
Reverse inscription P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P
Edition P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) XVIIII Co(n)s(ul) IIII P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Chief Priest, with Tribunician Power for the 18th time, Consul for the 4th time, Father of the Fatherland
Reverse design radiate lion, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.36 g
Axis 11
Reference RIC 6, Baldus 84
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.uran_ant.6c
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1931/1–3, 1934/1–4, 1940/1–3, 1944/1, 1946/1.
Note The reverse is direclty copied from the imperial coinage of Caracalla (RIC IV.1, 283a), hence the titles on the rev. belong to Caracalla, not to Uranius Antoninus (see introduction)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1261 Baldus 84 (VII/11)