RPC IX, 1941

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1941
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 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 21 mm
Average weight 5.74 g
Axis 12
Reference RIC 2a, Baldus 69
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.uran_ant.2a
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1933/2, 1935/1, 4–12, 14–18, 20. 1–2: same rev. die as 1940/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18201389, 310 Baldus 69 (III/12)
2 2     ✸ Sotheby’s 19 June 1990, Hunt part I, lot 143 = Vecchi 8, 1997, lot 328 = NAC 8, 1995, lot 917 = NAC 54, 24 Mar. 2010, lot 559