The Usurper Uranius Antoninus
442, Lot: 806. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.76 g, 12h). AVTOK K COVΛΠ ANTɯNINOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOVCIAC, ЄMICA in exergue, eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S in left field, C in right. Prieur 1032; BMC Galatia 22; Baldus Pl. I, 4. VF, green deposits on reverse. Rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 1369.