Details
LOT 3713
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right / IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; A below. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC temp. 3102. Near Very Fine.(3.41gr, 22mm, 8h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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