SYRIA. Emesa. Uranius Antoninus (usurper, AD 253-254). AE (32mm, 31.97 gm, 7h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 4/5. Dated Syrian Era 565 (AD 253/4). AVTOK C OVΛΠ-ANTωΝΙΝΟC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus right, seen from behind / ЄMI-CΩN-KOΛΩ, temple of Sol at Emesa left, seen in perspective; ЄΞΦ (date) in exergue. Baldus 30-33. R. Delbrueck, "Uranius of Emesa," NC 1948, Series I, 1. From the Morris Collection. Ex. Munzen & Medaillen 32 (20 October 1966), lot 138 (noted as ex Eustache de Lorey Collection, but unconfirmed).

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