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ID: |
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RIC_002 |
| 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 |
| Weight: |
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6.15 g |
| Obverse Legend: |
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L IVL AVR SVLP VRA ANT[ONIN]VS |
| Obverse Description: |
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Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, as seen from the back |
| Reverse Legend: |
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CONSERVATO_R AVG |
| Reverse Description: |
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Quadriga pacing left, bearing conical stone of Emesa engraved with eagle with parasols to the right and the left |
| Mint: |
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Emesa |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 02a |
| Reference2: |
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Calicó 3383 (this coin). |
| Reference3: |
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Delbrueck, NC 1948, fig. 8 (obverse) and fig. 3. (reverse). |
| Reference4: |
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Cohen 2 var. (omits VRA); Baldus, Uranius Antoninus 69 (these dies); Kent-Hirmer pl. 127, 461 (these dies) |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG |
| Source: |
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http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/ |
| Price Sold For: |
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130000 Swiss Franc |
| Date Sold: |
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24/3/2010 |
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Grade:
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Virtually as struck |
| Notes: |
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(1) Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 54: Lot No. 559
(2) Ex Sotheby’s 19 June 1990, Hunt part I, 143; NAC 8, 1995, 917 and Vecchi 8, 1997, 328 sales. From the Weintraub collection. |
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