Description
Vabalathus, Antoninianus, March-May 272, Uncertain mint( Possibly Antiochia or Emesa)
Graded by NGC Choice AU, Strike: 5/5; Surface: 3/5.
RIC V Vabalathus 6 var. (no officina mark); RIC online (temp) 3128(This piece illustrated).
Obv.: IM C VHABALATHVS AVG, Bust of Vabalathus, radiate, draped, right.
Rev.: VICTORIA AVG, Victory, winged, draped, walking left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand, in left field, star, in exergue, Z.
3.27 g
21 mm
Provenance: Ex. Dr. Michael Rogers Collection, Part III; Ex. The S.C. Markoff Collection of Roman Coins (Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Auction 62, lot 2074, hammered 4000CHF(06/10/2011)); A. Tkalec AG, Auction May 2005, lot 359, hammered 2000CHF(09/05/2005).
Illustrated on Plate 22 as #28a in The Coinage of Vabalathus and Zenobia from Antioch and Alexandria from Roger Bland, published in the The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-), Vol. 171 (2011), pp. 133-186 (65 pages).
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