RIC temp #3118

Temp №: 3118
Reign Aurelianus
Person Vabalathus
Mint Antioch
Issue 2
Issue name (in the name of Vabalathus and of Zenobia)
Datation March – May 272
Officina 4
Denomination Antoniniani
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IM C VHABALATHVS AVG Legend IVЄNVS AVG
Obverse mark Reverse mark */–//–
Bust code D2 Reverse code Hercules 4a
Bust description Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear Reverse description Hercules stg. r., r. hand leaning on club, and holding apple in l. hand, lion's skin over l. arm

Note Bland 2011, 21 (3 coins) and MM Basel, 92, 22/XI/2002, 252 show Hercules, head l. (same reverse die) - an engraver's error.
Reference Bland 2011, 20
RIC1st 4
Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
Vienna (57644, Rohde) Missong, NZ 2, 1870, p.443-8 1 3.27 5 photo
CNG, 78, 14/V/2008, 1832 1 3.36 12 photo
CNG, MBS 82, 16/IX/2009, 1057 1 3.21 12 photo
CNG, Triton VII, 12/I/2004, 1025 = Elsen, 98, 13/XII/2008, 413 1 3.47 12 photo
Bland 2011, 21c = Künker, 111, 18/III/2006, 7016 1 3.45 Hercules, head l. photo
MM Basel, 92, 22/XI/2002, 252 1 3.32 Hercules, head l. photo
NAC, 42, B. Feirstein collection, II, 20/XI/2007, 179 1 3.24 photo
NFA, 5, 23/II/1978, 511 = NFA, 11, 8/XII/1982, 527 = Kovacs, 11, 19/VI/1993, 350 = CNG, 79, 17/IX/2008, 1205 = Peus, 406, 25-27/IV/2012, 414 1 2.31 6 photo
NFA, 9, 10/XII/1980, 623 corr. 1 3.15
Sternberg, 26, 16/XI/1992, 421 = Peus, 400, 22-23/IV/2010, 605 1 3.78 photo
Bland 2011, 21a = Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin, London, VIII/1976, C225 1 Hercules, head l.
Bland 2011, 21b = Kölner Münzkabinett 23, 4/IV/1978, 211 1 Hercules, head l.