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Aureus - Uranius Antoninus FECVNDITAS AVG, Fortuna
| Issuer | Syria, Usurpations of |
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| Year | 253-254 |
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| Value | Aureus = 25 Denarii |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Uranius Antoninus facing left, rendered in the Roman imperial portrait tradition with finely detailed laurel wreath and layered drapery over armor. The effigy displays a youthful profile with characteristic third-century stylistic conventions. The encircling legend runs along the coin's periphery in Latin capitals. The flan is irregular, as is typical of hammered gold issues from provincial Syrian mints of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Uranius Antoninus — almost certainly Sulpicius Antiochus — seized power in Emesa around 253 AD, likely in direct response to the Sasanian threat following Shapur I's devastating campaigns through Syria. His usurpation was local and brief, and the gold coinage he struck at Emesa represents one of the most geographically and chronologically restricted imperial issues in the entire third century. RIC IV.3 #3b is genuinely rare; surviving examples are few enough that auction appearances draw serious attention from specialists in crisis-period Roman coinage.