RPC IX, 1879

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1879
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 ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σουλπ(ίκιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Sulpicius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, left, seen from rear, right hand raised
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 right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.72 g
Axis 6
Reference Baldus II p. 33, nos 1–2, Prieur 1041
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1869/1, 1898/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: 47-1994 NFA 6, 27 Feb. 1979, lot 868 = Baldus III p. 33, no. 1 = Spink, Numismatic Circular, Dec. 1993, lot 8342
2 2     ✸ CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 724
3 3     Schulman, list 223, 1982, lot 172 = Baldus III p. 33, no. 2