RPC IX, 1945

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1945
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 VICTORIA AVG
Edition Victoria Aug(usti)
Translation Victory of the Augustus
Reverse design Victory walking, left, holding wreath and palm
Metal gold
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.86 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference RIC 9a, Baldus 49–50, 55–6
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.uran_ant.9a
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 3–4: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1937/1, 1938/1, 1939/1, 1943/1–2. 3–4: same obv. die as 1937/2, 1942/1–2.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1896,0608.54 Rollin, Feuardent, 20 May 1896, lot 568 (Montagu) = Baldus 49 (I/3)
2 2     Künker 383, 17 Mar. 2023, lot 2110 = Baldus 50 (I/3) = NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 810 = Roma Numismatics 6 Session 2, 29 Sept. 2013, lot 987
3 3     Mazzini pl. 74 = Baldus 56 (II/8)
4 4     Private coll. = Baldus 55 (II/8), pl. 6