RIC temp #3119

Temp №: 3119
Reign Aurelianus
Person Vabalathus
Mint Antioch
Issue 2
Issue name (in the name of Vabalathus and of Zenobia)
Datation March – May 272
Officina 5
Denomination Antoniniani
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IM C VHABALATHVS AVG Legend VЄNVS AVG
Obverse mark Reverse mark */–//–
Bust code D2 Reverse code Venus 2b
Bust description Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear Reverse description Venus stg. l., holding helmet in r. hand and transverse spear pointing up in l. hand; on ground to r., a shield resting against her.

Note Bland 2011, 24 (= Numismatica Genevensis 1, 27/XI/2000, 169) is a modern forgery.
Reference Bland 2011, 22
RIC1st 5 var.
Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
Paris (AF 12044) BNC 1266 1 3.68 6 Same obverse die as BNC 1265 R/ IVENVS AVG, Hercules. photo
Berlin (462/1891) 1 3.17 11 photo
iNumis, 2, 3/XI/2006, 221 = CGF, 29, 19/IV/2007, 365 = Elsen, 96, 14/VI/2008, 379 1 1.93 11 photo
Lanz, 46, 28/XI/1988, 645 = CNG, 40, 4/XII/1996, 1689 = Aureo & Calico, 8/II/2012, 277 1 3.43
Lanz, 72, 29/V/1995, 799 1 3.01
NAC 59, 4-5/IV/2011, 1134 = private collection 1 2.89 12 photo
Rauch, 48, 6-8/IV/1992, 952 = Gorny, 67, 2/V/1994, 755 1 2.85
SBV, 30, 15/IX/1992, 264 = Monetarium, list 59, 1993, 202 1 2.57
Tkalec, 17/V/2010, 420 = Künker 174, 27/IX/2010, 974 1 2.36 photo