Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (20mm, 3.34 g, 6h). Antioch mint, 3rd officina. 2nd emission, March-May AD 272. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Virtus standing right, holding spear and shield; -/(star). RIC V 8 corr. (also cuirassed); BN pl. 86, 287; MIR 47, 358a. Good VF, even brown patina. Rare.
Ex Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection (Triton IX, 10 January 2006), lot 1579.
