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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     RIC_002 Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Uranius Antoninus Date Ruled:     AD 253-254 Metal:     Gold Denomination:     Aureus Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 253-254 Weight:     6.15 g Obverse Legend:     L IVL AVR SVLP VRA ANT[ONIN]VS Obverse Description:     Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, as seen from the back Reverse Legend:     CONSERVATO_R AVG Reverse Description:     Quadriga pacing left, bearing conical stone of Emesa engraved with eagle with parasols to the right and the left Mint:     Emesa Primary Reference:     RIC 02a Reference2:     Calicó 3383 (this coin). Reference3:     Delbrueck, NC 1948, fig. 8 (obverse) and fig. 3. (reverse). Reference4:     Cohen 2 var. (omits VRA); Baldus, Uranius Antoninus 69 (these dies); Kent-Hirmer pl. 127, 461 (these dies) Photograph Credit:     Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG Source:     http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/ Price Sold For:     130000 Swiss Franc Date Sold:     24/3/2010 Grade:     Virtually as struck Notes:     (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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