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Contributor:
Clay Dorminey. |
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Issuer: |
AURELIAN, AD 270-275, and VABALATHUS, AD 272. AE Antoninianus (2.9g). |
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Obverse: |
VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, his laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust facing right. |
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Reverse: |
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, his radiate and cuirassed bust right; in exergue, E. |
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Reference: |
RIC 381 (Aurelian) Tripolis mint; Sear 3292. Tripolis mint. Grade: fully silvered EF. |
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Comments: |
For more information, read the "Vabalathus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Vabalathus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |