RPC IX, 1872

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1872
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Uranius Antoninus
Person (obv.) Uranius Antoninus (Augustus)
Issue Group 1: debased silver with ƐΜΙϹΑ
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σουλπ(ίκιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Sulpicius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, left, seen from front, holding spear and shield decorated with Nike, with balteus
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, ΕΜΙϹΑ, S - C
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας Ἔμισα Senatus Consulto
Translation Tribunician power, Emesa, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design eagle standing on line, facing, head left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.27 g
Axis 12
Reference Baldus 14–5, Prieur 1043
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1883/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1987/246
2 2     NY: 1944.100.66212 Baldus 15 (XI/13)
3 3     J-SBF Baldus 14 (XI/12)
4 4     Giessener Münzhandlung 64, 11 Oct. 1993, lot 741 = Prieur 1043