Contributor: Clay Dorminey.
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| Issuer: | AURELIAN, AD 270-275, and VABALATHUS, AD 272. AE Antoninianus (2.9g). |
| Obverse: | VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, his laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust facing right. |
| Reverse: | IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, his radiate and cuirassed bust right; in exergue, E. |
| Reference: | RIC 381 (Aurelian) Tripolis mint; Sear 3292. Tripolis mint. Grade: fully silvered EF. |
| 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. | |
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