Live auction - bpv_706178 - URANIUS ANTONINUS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
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| End of the sale : | 08 March 2022 15:21:39 |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: 254
Mint name / Town : Émèse, Syrie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,46 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré au droit, un peu court sur la légende au revers à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Métal piqué et corrodé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Antoninus Antoninus à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUTO K SOULP ANTwNINOS SE.
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Sulpicius Antonin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : // S|C.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, les ailes déployées, la tête à droite, tenant un couronne dans son bec.
Reverse legend : DHMARC EX OUSIAS// EMISA.
Reverse translation : (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne).
Commentary
Seulement deux exemplaires signalés dans le Roman Provincial Coinage.
Historical background
URANIUS ANTONINUS
(253-254)
Lucius Julius Aurelius Sulpicius Uranius Antoninus seized power when the Sassanids of Sapor I (241-272) invaded Syria and seized Antioch. The new emperor organizes the defense of Emesa, center of the cult of El Gabal. Uranius Antoninus remained in power until the arrival of Valerian I in the East. This emperor is only known by these coins and left no trace in the sources under his Roman name, but perhaps of Sampsigeramus who was high priest of the cult.
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