RPC IX, 1940

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1940
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 CONSERVATOR AVG
Edition Conservator Aug(usti)
Translation Protector of the Augustus
Reverse design conical stone of Elagabal, between two umbrellas, on a quadriga of horses, advancing left
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.63 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference RIC 2c, Baldus 85–7
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.uran_ant.2c
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1931/1–3, 1934/1–4, 1936/1, 1944/1, 1946/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 1941/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1258 Baldus 86 (VII/12)
2 2     ✸ B: 18200790 Rollin, Feuardent, 25 Apr. 1887, lot 566 (Ponton d’Amécourt) = Baldus 85 (VII/12)
3 3     Santamaria, Numismatica III/3, 1962, lot 195 = M&M Basel 25, 1962, lot 633 = Baldus 87 (VII/12) = Hirsch 193, 19 Feb. 1997, lot