444, Lot: 410. Estimate $400. Sold for $585. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (22.5mm, 3.31 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 7th officina. Struck circa March-May AD 272. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm; star to left, Z in exergue. RIC V 6 var. (no officina mark); Bland, Coinage 28a var. (dies 44/– [unlisted rev. die]); RIC V Online 3128; BN 1267 var. (no officina mark). VF, rough green patina, some cleaning marks. Extremely rare with officina mark, only one noted by Bland, two additional in CoinArchives.