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  • Description: Uranius Antoninus. 253-254 AD. Æ 32mm (21.42 gm). Struck in year 565 of the Seleukid era or 253/254 AD in Emesa.
AVTOK COVLP ANTWNINOC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; viewed from behind
EMICWN KOLWN, hexastyle temple containing the conical stone of El Gabal (ornamented with a facing eagle), shaded by two umbrellas; pediment ornamented with crescent; date EXF in the exergue.

BMC Galatia etc. pg. 241, 24; Delbrück, "Uranius of Emesa," NumChron (1948), pg. 12, 2d; Baldus 38-42 (pl. IV, dies I/5).

Uranius Antoninus is unknown from the ancient literary sources, although Zosimus perhaps confuses this usurper with two usurpers he names as Antoninus and Uranius during the reign of Severus Alexander. He established his government at Emesa in Syria, 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 I marched to recover the East.

Coin from CNG coins, through Wildwinds.

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