RPC IX, 1888

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1888
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Uranius Antoninus
Person (obv.) Uranius Antoninus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2: debased silver with ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ ϹΟΥΛΠ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Sulpicius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Uranius Antoninus, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Β, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on line, facing, head left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Baldus 24, Prieur 1045
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Yale: 2001.87.4596 Baldus 24 (XVII/22)
2 2     ✸ CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 972
3 3     CNG EA 326, 7 May 2014, lot 328