Two Rare Issues of the Usurper Uranius Antoninus

Triton XVI, Lot: 728. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.59 g, 1h). AVTO K COVΛΠ ANTωNINOC CЄB, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC YΠAT B, eagle standing facing on ground line, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Cf. Baldus Obv. die VIII, and Baldus Supp. II, Rev. die ξ, for types. VF, earthen deposits. Unpublished variety.