RPC IX, 1900

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1900
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ Τ(Ο) Β, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on line, facing, head right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Prieur 1058–60
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–6: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bern: Righetti 2092
2 2     Baldus II, p. 72–3
3 3     CNG 96, 14 May 2014, lot 658
4 4     CNG EA 233, 26 May 2010, lot 289
5 5     ✸ Frankfurter Münzhandlung 120, Jan. 1973, lot 1668 = Malter 1, Nov. 1973, lot 409 = Baldus I Ξ/ξ = Schulman 265, 28 Sept. 1976, lot 755 = Lanz 100, 20 Nov. 2000, lot 332
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 Mar. 2010, lot 1704