Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1057. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (3.21 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 2nd officina. 2nd emission, March-May AD 272. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing facing, head right, holding club set on ground and three apples; star in left field. RIC V 4; BN 1265 var. (star in right field). VF, dark brown patina with areas of light earthen encrustation, a light scratch in field on obverse. Rare.