Very Rare Tetradrachm of the Usurper Vabalathus

275, Lot: 55. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. BI Tetradrachm (20mm, 8.39 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 272). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Homonoia standing left, raising right hand and holding double cornucopia; Є/L (date) to left. Köln 3064 var. (date across field); Dattari (Savio) 10610; K&G 109.2. VF, brown patina, a bit porous. Very rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 39 (18 September 1996), lot 1100.