Illustrated by Baldus

455, Lot: 236. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.37 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Baldus 18; Baldus Suppl. II, Σ/σ (this coin, illustrated on pl. 51); Prieur 1049; RPC IX 1892/4 (this coin cited). Dark brown to black patina with some light earthen highlights/deposits, light roughness. VF. Very rare, only five specimens cited by the authors of RPC, including this coin.

From the J.B. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 82 (4 February 2004), lot 39; Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 1180; Myers/Adams 6 (6 December 1973), lot 314.