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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 10.94 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Baldus 24 (dies XVII/22); Prieur 1045; RPC IX 1888. Toned, areas of green and red encrustation. Near VF. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and five in CoinArchives.
Uranius Antoninus is unknown from the ancient literary sources, although Zosimus perhaps confuses this usurper with two usurpers he names as Uranius and Antoninus during the reign of Severus Alexander. He established his government at Emesa, probably in response to repeated Persian attacks rather than as a challenge to Rome. In any event, it appears he was finally subdued when Valerian marched to recover the East.
Uranius Antoninus is unknown from the ancient literary sources, although Zosimus perhaps confuses this usurper with two usurpers he names as Uranius and Antoninus during the reign of Severus Alexander. He established his government at Emesa, probably in response to repeated Persian attacks rather than as a challenge to Rome. In any event, it appears he was finally subdued when Valerian marched to recover the East.