| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1006 Price realized: 150 GBP (Approx. 190 USD / 173 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. Antioch, AD 272. IM C VHABALATHVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopiae; star in left field. RIC V.1 1; C. 1; BN 1263; MER-RIC 3144 (temporary); Bland, Coinage - (O17/RAeq iv [unlisted die combination]). 2.47g, 21mm, 11h. Very Fine; broken and repaired with glue. Very Rare. Septimius Vabalathus, son of the ruler of Palmyra, Septimius Odenathus, came to power in AD 267 with his mother Septimia Zenobia as regent after the murder of his father, who had been entrusted with the defence of the Roman provinces in the east by the Emperor Gallienus. A strong character and very ambitious, Zenobia expanded her sphere of influence through the capture of the province of Egypt and the expulsion of the Roman prefect Tenagio Probus and his forces in 269, a campaign aided in its success in part due to the turmoil inside the Roman Empire after the death of Gallienus. The Roman East remained under the control of Palmyra under the subsequent Emperors Claudius II and Quintillus, and when Aurelian came to power in 270 he pragmatically chose to acknowledge Zenobia and Vabalathus in order to allow himself time to deal with the breakaway Gallic Empire. Early issues of Vabalathus included a portrait of Aurelian with the imperial title of Augustus; later in the reign both Vabalathus and his mother adopted the imperial titles for themselves, and Aurelian disappears from the types. However their power was not to last as, having subdued the uprisings in the west, Aurelian marched east. The opposing armies met outside Antioch where the Palmyrenes were routed and fled into the desert, with Zenobia and Vabalathus apparently being captured and taken to Rome for display in the Emperor's triumph. Estimate: 200 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 970 Price realized: 420 GBP (Approx. 532 USD / 490 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. Antioch, AD 272. IM C VHABALATHVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopiae; star in left field. RIC V.1 1; C. 1; BN 1263; MER-RIC 3144 (temporary); Bland, Coinage 17f (O16/RAeq ii). 3.08g, 20mm, 10h. Very Fine; heavy sand patina. Very Rare. Septimius Vabalathus, son of the ruler of Palmyra, Septimius Odenathus, came to power in AD 267 with his mother Septimia Zenobia as regent after the murder of his father, who had been entrusted with the defence of the Roman provinces in the east by the Emperor Gallienus. A strong character and very ambitious, Zenobia expanded her sphere of influence through the capture of the province of Egypt and the expulsion of the Roman prefect Tenagio Probus and his forces in 269, a campaign aided in its success in part due to the turmoil inside the Roman Empire after the death of Gallienus. The Roman East remained under the control of Palmyra under the subsequent Emperors Claudius II and Quintillus, and when Aurelian came to power in 270 he pragmatically chose to acknowledge Zenobia and Vabalathus in order to allow himself time to deal with the breakaway Gallic Empire. Early issues of Vabalathus included a portrait of Aurelian with the imperial title of Augustus; later in the reign both Vabalathus and his mother adopted the imperial titles for themselves, and Aurelian disappears from the types. However their power was not to last as, having subdued the uprisings in the west, Aurelian marched east. The opposing armies met outside Antioch where the Palmyrenes were routed and fled into the desert, with Zenobia and Vabalathus apparently being captured and taken to Rome for display in the Emperor's triumph. Estimate: 600 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1006 Price realized: 150 GBP (Approx. 190 USD / 173 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. Antioch, AD 272. IM C VHABALATHVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopiae; star in left field. RIC V.1 1; C. 1; BN 1263; MER-RIC 3144 (temporary); Bland, Coinage - (O17/RAeq iv [unlisted die combination]). 2.47g, 21mm, 11h. Very Fine; broken and repaired with glue. Very Rare. Septimius Vabalathus, son of the ruler of Palmyra, Septimius Odenathus, came to power in AD 267 with his mother Septimia Zenobia as regent after the murder of his father, who had been entrusted with the defence of the Roman provinces in the east by the Emperor Gallienus. A strong character and very ambitious, Zenobia expanded her sphere of influence through the capture of the province of Egypt and the expulsion of the Roman prefect Tenagio Probus and his forces in 269, a campaign aided in its success in part due to the turmoil inside the Roman Empire after the death of Gallienus. The Roman East remained under the control of Palmyra under the subsequent Emperors Claudius II and Quintillus, and when Aurelian came to power in 270 he pragmatically chose to acknowledge Zenobia and Vabalathus in order to allow himself time to deal with the breakaway Gallic Empire. Early issues of Vabalathus included a portrait of Aurelian with the imperial title of Augustus; later in the reign both Vabalathus and his mother adopted the imperial titles for themselves, and Aurelian disappears from the types. However their power was not to last as, having subdued the uprisings in the west, Aurelian marched east. The opposing armies met outside Antioch where the Palmyrenes were routed and fled into the desert, with Zenobia and Vabalathus apparently being captured and taken to Rome for display in the Emperor's triumph. Estimate: 200 GBP | |
Match 3:
| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 187 | Silver | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 337 Price realized: 50 EUR (Approx. 54 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Philip I Arab AD 244-249. Rome Sestertius Æ 28 mm, 15,18 g IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AEQVITAS AVGG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopiae; S-C across fields. Very Fine RIC IV 166a; C. 10. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
Match 4:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 135 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 4488 Price realized: 130 AUD (Approx. 86 USD / 79 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Probus, (276-282 A.D.), billon antoninianus, 23mm, (4.10 g), Ticinum Mint, 2nd officina, issued 278 A.D., obv. around IMP. C. PROBVS. P. F. AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev. FELICITAS SEC, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, SXXT in exergue, (S.11977, RIC V 361, Pink p.61, series 3, C.231). Nearly extremely fine with trace of silvering. The issue is unusual with dots clearly seen on obverse legend between parts of the emperor's titles. Sear also notes that the letter "T" at the end of the exergue also serves as the I of the mark of value "XXI". Estimate: 100 AUD |  |
Match 5:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 997 Price realized: 30 GBP (Approx. 38 USD / 35 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Aurelian BI Antoninianus. Siscia, AD 270. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILI, Concordia standing facing, holding standard in each hand; Q in right field. RIC V.1 192; MER-RIC 1973 (temporary). 3.31g, 23mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
Match 6:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1485 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Siscia, AD 268-269. IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES AVG, Spes standing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; II in left field. RIC V.1 191 var. (bust type); MER-RIC 640 (temporary). 3.26g, 23mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 95, 13 April 2022, lot 1351. Estimate: 25 GBP |  |
