413, Lot: 455. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (20mm, 2.65 g, 6h). Antioch mint. 2nd emission, March-May AD 272. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing facing, head left, holding club set on ground and three apples, with lion’s skin draped over shoulder; star to left. RIC V 4; Bland, Coinage 21c (26/Ive vii); BN –. Near VF, some roughness. Rare variety with head of Hercules facing left, only 3 cited by Bland.