Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 125 23-24 Jun 2021
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Uranius Antoninus, 253 – 254.
Aureus, Emesa 253-254, AV 5.79 g. L IVL AVR SVLP VRA ANTONINVS Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. FE – CVND – ITAS AVG Fortuna standing l., holding rudder and cornucopiae. C 3. RIC 3a. Baldus, Uranius Antoninus, 67 (this coin illustrated). R. Delbrueck, Uranius at Emesa, NC 1948, p. 17, 6-8 and 9. Calicó 3385.
Extremely rare. An interesting portrait struck in high relief. A metal flaw on the chin
on obverse and small mark on reverse field, otherwise about extremely fine
Ex Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny 73, 1995, 443; NAC 24, 2002, 140; Aureo & Calicó 241, 2012, Imagines Imperatorum, 239; Aureo & Calicó 300, 2017, 171 and MDC 4, 2018, 127 sales.
The irrefutable evidence that this coin presents has put paid to the false legends relating to Uranius Antoninuus by the historian Zosimus. According to Zosimus, there were two separate usurpers, a man by the name of Uranius and another by the name of Antoninus, who were rebels at the time of Severus Alexander. In reality, Uranius Antoninus was not actually a usurper because his power was strictly local and limited to the city of Emesa, in the Syrian Apamene, the birthplace of Julia Domna, Mamaea, Elagabalus and Severus Alexander. The reverse sides of the coins issued by Uranius Antoninus refer to local religion and reflect the close link between Principi Sacerdotes of Emesa and the great local god Elagabal, or the Baal of Emesa.
Aureus, Emesa 253-254, AV 5.79 g. L IVL AVR SVLP VRA ANTONINVS Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. FE – CVND – ITAS AVG Fortuna standing l., holding rudder and cornucopiae. C 3. RIC 3a. Baldus, Uranius Antoninus, 67 (this coin illustrated). R. Delbrueck, Uranius at Emesa, NC 1948, p. 17, 6-8 and 9. Calicó 3385.
Extremely rare. An interesting portrait struck in high relief. A metal flaw on the chin
on obverse and small mark on reverse field, otherwise about extremely fine
Ex Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny 73, 1995, 443; NAC 24, 2002, 140; Aureo & Calicó 241, 2012, Imagines Imperatorum, 239; Aureo & Calicó 300, 2017, 171 and MDC 4, 2018, 127 sales.
The irrefutable evidence that this coin presents has put paid to the false legends relating to Uranius Antoninuus by the historian Zosimus. According to Zosimus, there were two separate usurpers, a man by the name of Uranius and another by the name of Antoninus, who were rebels at the time of Severus Alexander. In reality, Uranius Antoninus was not actually a usurper because his power was strictly local and limited to the city of Emesa, in the Syrian Apamene, the birthplace of Julia Domna, Mamaea, Elagabalus and Severus Alexander. The reverse sides of the coins issued by Uranius Antoninus refer to local religion and reflect the close link between Principi Sacerdotes of Emesa and the great local god Elagabal, or the Baal of Emesa.