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A billon tetradrachm of the Palmyrene usurper Vabalathus showing Vabalathus on one side and Aurelian on the other Coin Type: Potin tetradrachm of Vabalathus, 270-271 CE
Mint and Date: Alexandria, 270 CE
Size and Weight: 18mm x 20mm, 9.6g
Obverse: AVT K Λ Δ AVPHΛIANOC CEB
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aurelian right.
Obverse Field Marks: L in left field, A in right field (regnal year 1).
Reverse: I A C OVABAΛΛAΘOC AΘHNO V AVT CPΩ
Laureate and diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus right.
Reverse Field Marks: L in left field, Δ in right field (regnal year 4).
Ref: RCV (2005) 11720; Milne 4308
Provenance: Gault Coins (Vcoins), June 2006
BW Ref: 002 025 079
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Note: The Vabalathus side is often considered to be the obverse, in line with the antoniniani issued by Vabalathus in Antioch, on which the officina mark is on the Aurelian side, indicating that it is the reverse.

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