RIC temp #3121

Temp №: 3121
Reign Aurelianus
Person Vabalathus
Mint Antioch
Issue 2
Issue name (in the name of Vabalathus and of Zenobia)
Datation March – May 272
Officina 2
Denomination Antoniniani
obverse reverse
Obverse coin Revers coin
Titulature IM C VHABALATHVS AVG Legend VIRTVS AVG
Obverse mark Reverse mark –/*//–
Bust code D2 Reverse code Virtus 3b
Bust description Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear Reverse description Virtus stg. r., holding spear pointing up in r. hand and shield which rests on ground in l. hand.

Reference Bland 2011, 15
RIC1st 8 corr.
Specimens of this coin type
Location Reference Quantity Weight Axis Remark
Vienna (37044) Bachofen von Echt, 2226 1 3.43 6 photo
Naples Fiorelli, 13122 1 3.51 6
Athena, 3, 15/V/1990, 508 = Aufhäuser, 8, 9-10/X/1991, 610 = Leu, 77, 11-2/V/2000, 638 = Ars Antiqua, I, 3/XI/2000, 416 1 4.15 6
CNG, 42, 29-30/VI/1997, 1083 = CNG, 58, 19/IX/2001, 1310 1 2.84
CNG, EA 177, 28/XI/2007, 201 1 2.60 6 photo
Dix, Noonan & Webb, A3, 27/IX/2007, 2669 1 3.45 12 photo
Empire Coins, 4, 9/IX/1985, 466 = SKA/CS, 8 , 27-8/X/1987, 1321 = Hirsch, 175, 23/IX/1992, 1403 1 2.44
Künker, 62, 13/III/2001, 753 = CNG, Triton IX, 9/I/2006, 1579 = D. O. Rosenberg collection 1 3.34 6 photo
Lanz, 46, 28/XI/1988, 646 1 3.46
Münzhandlung Basel, 6, 18/III/1936, 1992 1
NAC, A, 27-8/II/1991, 1955 1 3.59
Vcoins, Gitbud & Naumann, 1911 1 2.60 photo