CNG 90, Lot: 1694. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (19mm, 2.65 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 6th officina. Struck circa March-May 272. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Jupiter standing left, holding globe and scepter; to left, star above arm, eagle standing left, head right, below. RIC V 3; Bland, Coinage 25 (dies 37/iii); MIR 47, 356; BN pl. 86, 284. VF, scratches on obverse. Rare.