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ID: |
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RIC_007 |
| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Uranius Antoninus |
| Date Ruled: |
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AD 253-254
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| Metal: |
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Gold |
| Denomination: |
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Aureus |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 253-254 |
| Obverse Legend: |
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L IVL AVR SVLP ANTONINVS (see note below) |
| Obverse Description: |
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Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left |
| Reverse Legend: |
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SAECVLARES AVGG (see note below) |
| Reverse Description: |
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Column inscribed COS / I |
| Mint: |
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Emesa |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 07 |
| Reference2: |
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Calico 3395 (a third specimen, same dies). |
| Reference3: |
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Baldus 88-9, pl. VIII (BM and Berlin, both same dies) |
| Reference4: |
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Delbrueck, NC 1948, p. 15, 3 and fig. 4 |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Gemini Numismatic Auctions, LLC |
| Source: |
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http://www.geminiauction.com |
| Special Comments: |
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This is apparently only the fourth recorded specimen of one of the more interesting types, commemorating the games held by Philip I in honor of the millennium of Rome |
| Price Sold For: |
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80000 USD |
| Date Sold: |
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8/1/2012 |
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Grade:
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Near Mint State |
| Notes: |
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(1) RIC note: On obv. SVLP looks very much like SVP, on rev. AVGG, like NVGG
(2) Gemini Numismatic Auctions Auction IX: Lot No. 518 |
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