Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 268-272. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.16 g, 1h). Antioch mint, 4th officina. 2nd emission, March-May AD 272. IM C VHABALATHVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IVЄNVS AVG, Hercules standing right, holding club set on ground and Apples of the Hesperides; star to left. RIC V Online 3118; RIC V 4; Bland, Coinage cf.20a-b (dies 25/–); BN 1265 var. (star in right field). Black patina, light roughness. VF.
From the Conti Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXX (11 June 1994), lot 412.