RPC IX, 1927

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1927
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Uranius Antoninus
Person (obv.) Uranius Antoninus (Augustus)
Issue Group 4: bronze coinage. Year ƐΞΦ = 565
Dating AD 253/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σουλπ(ίκιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Sulpicius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΜΙϹωΝ ΚΟΛΩΝ, ΕΞΦ
Edition Ἐμίσων κολων(ίας) εξφʹ
Translation of the Emesians, colony, 565
Reverse design temple with six columns enclosing conical stone of Elagabal, ornamented with a facing eagle, between two umbrellas; crescent on pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 24.57 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Baldus 35, 38–43
Specimens 20 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4, 7–13, 15–19: same pair of dies. 1–13, 15–19: same obv. die as 1926/1–4, 1929/1–6, 1930/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1846,0910.140 BMC 24
2 2     P: 1012
3 3     Cop SNG Supp. 1193 = Baldus I p. 476–7 = Baldus II p. 74
4 4     G SNG 3174
5 5     Beirut-AUB Baldus 35, pl. 4
6 6     Boston: 64.498 Baldus 43, pl. 5
7 7     ArtCoins Roma 12, 29 Oct. 2014, lot 933
8 8     Baldwin’s, Markov, M&M, The New York Sale IX, 13 Jan. 2005, lot 143
9 9     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 644
10 10     CNG Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, lot 1561
11 11     Hess-Leu 45, May 1970, lot 620 = Baldus I, p. 477, I/5/h = Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1767 = Triton I, 2–3 Dec. 1997, lot 712
12 12     ✸ Künker 270, 2 Oct. 2015, lot 8931 = M&M Basel 68, 15 Apr. 1986, lot 309 = NFA, Leu, The Garrett coll. I, 16 May 1984, lot 889 = Baldus I, p. 477, I/5/g
13 13     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 634 = Jacquier 35, 2007, lot 469 = Peus 413, 29 Oct. 2014, lot 498
14 14     NAC 2, 21 Feb. 1990, lot 784
15 15     NAC 64, 17 May 2012, lot 2707
16 16     Private coll. = Baldus 42
17 17     Private coll. = Baldus I, p. 477, I/5/i
18 18     Private coll. = Baldus III p. 37
19 19     Rosenberger coll. = Baldus 42a
20 20     Triton III, 30 Nov. 1999, lot 795