Vabalathus and Aurelian. AE Antoninianus. 271/272 AD. Antioch.

VABALATHVS VCRIM DR, laureate, draped bust of Vabalathus right.
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Aurelian right.
Officina letter Delta below.
RIC 381. Cohen 1. 

Dark patina. Almost extremely fine.

Ex Auction Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 8, Stuttgart, 10 May 2001, lot 423.

With permission of Dane's bank: the UBS.
UBS AG, Auction 76, 2008, lot 1341.