RPC IX, 1942

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1942
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 VPA ANTONINVS
Edition L(ucius) Iul(ius) Aur(elius) Sulp(icius) V{p}<r>a(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 SOL ELAGABALVS
Edition Sol Elagabalus
Translation Elagabalus, the sun
Reverse design conical stone of Elagabal, with a facing eagle, on a table, between two umbrellas; sacred vase below the table; on each side, candelabra
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.91 g
Axis 6
Reference RIC 8, Baldus 54–5
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.uran_ant.8
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1937/2, 1945/3–4.

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