CNG 94, Lot: 1197. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (20mm, 3.35 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 4th officina. 2nd emission, circa March-May AD 272. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing right, leaning on club, lion skin over arm, and holding three apples; star to left. RIC V 4; Bland, Coinage 20j-k (O26/RIve v); BN 1265 var. (star to right). Good VF, dark gray patina, earthen deposits, minor marks and areas of porosity. Rare.