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CNG 102, Lot: 1084. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (19mm, 2.99 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 2nd officina. 2nd emission, March-May AD 272. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Virtus standing right, holding spear and resting hand upon shield; star to right. RIC V 8 corr. (cuirassed); Bland, Coinage, dies –/vi (unlisted obv. die?); BN pl. 86, 287; MIR 47, 358a0. Good VF, black patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits, light smoothing.