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Zenobia, Palmyran Kingdom (AD 267-272). BI antoninianus (21mm, 2.68 gm, 6h). NGC Choice Fine 4/5 - 2/5. Antioch mint, 2nd officina, 2nd emission, March-May AD 272. S ZENOBIA AVG, draped bust right on crescent, seen from front, hair weaved in rows with long plait carried up the back of head and tucked under stephane / IVNO REGINA, Juno standing facing, head left, patera in right hand, grounded scepter in left; peacock standing left, head turned reverted at feet to left, star in left field. RIC V.I 2 var.
The youth with the formidable name Lucius Julius Aurelius Septimius Vabalathus Athenodorus was probably born in AD 256 or 257 to Odenathus, king of the Arabian caravan city of Palmyra, a Syrian city-state allied with Rome. During the Persian wars of the mid-third century, Odenathus took charge of Rome's Eastern defensats on the hitherto invincible Persian armies. The Roman Emperor Gallienus delegated control of Syria and Egypt to Odenathus until he was murdered in a family quarrel in AD 267. His formidable wife, Zenobia, took control of Palmyra as regent for her son Vabalathus. But when the Romans tried to reassert direct control over the East, Zenobia sent the Palmyran camel cavalry into Asia Minor and Egypt in AD 268 and 269, de facto creating a rival Palmyran Empire. When Aurelian became emperor in AD 270, he at first gave tacit recognition to the Palmyran regime, but in AD 272 he marched east to crush the rebels. Aurelian defeated Zenobia's armies and forced her and Vabalathus to take refuge in Palmyra, which he besieged. The queen then attempted to seek help from the Persians, but Roman cavalry overtook and captured her. Zenobia and Vabalathus were taken to Rome to walk in chains in Aurelian's triumphal parade. Following, Zenobia was allowed to settle into a comfortable retirement in Italy, but the final fate of Vabalathus is unrecorded.
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Zenobia, Palmyran Kingdom (AD 267-272). BI antoninianus (21mm, 2.68 gm, 6h). NGC Choice Fine 4/5 - 2/5. Antioch mint, 2nd officina, 2nd emission, March-May AD 272. S ZENOBIA AVG, draped bust right on crescent, seen from front, hair weaved in rows with long plait carried up the back of head and tucked under stephane / IVNO REGINA, Juno standing facing, head left, patera in right hand, grounded scepter in left; peacock standing left, head turned reverted at feet to left, star in left field. RIC V.I 2 var.
The youth with the formidable name Lucius Julius Aurelius Septimius Vabalathus Athenodorus was probably born in AD 256 or 257 to Odenathus, king of the Arabian caravan city of Palmyra, a Syrian city-state allied with Rome. During the Persian wars of the mid-third century, Odenathus took charge of Rome's Eastern defensats on the hitherto invincible Persian armies. The Roman Emperor Gallienus delegated control of Syria and Egypt to Odenathus until he was murdered in a family quarrel in AD 267. His formidable wife, Zenobia, took control of Palmyra as regent for her son Vabalathus. But when the Romans tried to reassert direct control over the East, Zenobia sent the Palmyran camel cavalry into Asia Minor and Egypt in AD 268 and 269, de facto creating a rival Palmyran Empire. When Aurelian became emperor in AD 270, he at first gave tacit recognition to the Palmyran regime, but in AD 272 he marched east to crush the rebels. Aurelian defeated Zenobia's armies and forced her and Vabalathus to take refuge in Palmyra, which he besieged. The queen then attempted to seek help from the Persians, but Roman cavalry overtook and captured her. Zenobia and Vabalathus were taken to Rome to walk in chains in Aurelian's triumphal parade. Following, Zenobia was allowed to settle into a comfortable retirement in Italy, but the final fate of Vabalathus is unrecorded.
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HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD