Vabalathus as Augustus

CNG 90, Lot: 1693. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (19mm, 2.59 g, 11h). Antioch mint, 1st officina. Struck circa March-May 272. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Sol standing facing, head left, raising hand and holding globe; star to left. RIC V 2; Bland, Coinage 13 (dies 1/i); MIR 47, 355; BN pl. 86, 283. Good VF. Rare.