82, Lot: 39. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukis & Pieria. Emisa. Uranius Antoninus. 253-254 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (12.35 gm). Series II, 25mm. AVTOK• COVLP ANTWNINOC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; viewed from behind / ÐHMAPX EX OVCIACYPATB, eagle standing facing, wings spread, head left with wreath in beak; SC in exergue. Prieur 1046; Cf. BMC Galatia pg. 240, 23; Delbrück, "Uranius of Emesa" NumChron 1948, pg. 13, 9; Baldus 21 (Pl. II, pair XV; same obverse die). VF, black patina, slightly rough surfaces. Rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 1180.