276, Lot: 463. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (19mm, 3.60 g, 6h). Antioch mint. Struck circa March-May 272. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Jupiter standing left, holding globe and scepter; to left, star above arm, eagle standing left, head right, below. RIC V 3; MIR 47, 356; BN pl. 86, 284. Near VF, brown patina with some silvering, some spots of red encrustation, minor porosity.