Vabalathus As Augustus

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 983. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (3.82 g, 11h). Antioch mint. 2nd emission, March-May AD 272. IM C VHABALATHVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VENV-S AVG, Venus standing left, holding helmet in right hand, transverse spear in left, leaning on shield behind her; star to left. RIC V 5 corr. (bust type); BN 1266; MIR 47, 361a. EF, desert patina. Among the finest known.