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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Secessionist Empires| > |Uranius Antoninus| > RY28906
Uranius Antoninus, Usurper in Syria, 253 - 254 A.D.
|Uranius| |Antoninus|, |Uranius| |Antoninus,| |Usurper| |in| |Syria,| |253| |-| |254| |A.D.|, A great rarity in superb condition!

Dikaiosyne is the Greek personification of justice and fair dealing. One of the most common reverse types of Alexandria, she always holds scales and cornucopia.
RY28906. Silver tetradrachm, Baldus 28, Prieur 1077, EF, sharp except uneven strike with some weak areas, Emesa (Homs, Syria) mint, weight 7.925g, maximum diameter 28.1mm, die axis 0o, early 254 A.D.; obverse AVTOK COVΛ CEOVHPOC ANTΩNINOC CE, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC YΠ B (holder of Tribunitian power, consul for the second time), Aequitas (Dikaiosyne (Aequitas)) standing left, scales in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, S - C across fields; very rare; SOLD










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REFERENCES|

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Baldus, H. "Neue Forschungen zu Uranius Antoninus und seinen Münzen (Nachtrag III)" in JNG 33 (1983), pp. 29-40.
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Prieur, M. & K. Prieur. The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and their fractions from 57 BC to AD 258. (Lancaster, PA, 2000).
Sear, D. Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values. (London, 1982).
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Vagi, D. Coinage and History of the Roman Empire. (Sidney, 1999).

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