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Vabalathus & Aurelianus

Aurelianus Eagle
1. Front 2. Back
Bronze Tetradrachm - Æ 20 mm - 8,7 grams - Die axis 12:00 – Struck AD 271-272.
1. AVT K Λ Δ AVPHΛ[IANOC CEB, LB(Autocrator Kaisar L.D. Aurelianos Sebastos, Etoyc B - Imperator Caesar L.D.A. Augustus, Year 2). Draped bust of emperor facing right, lightly laureate.
2. IAC OVABAΛΛAΘOC AΘHNOYAYTC, LЄ (... Vabalathus ... Etoyc E - Year 5). Laureate, taenia’d and raped boyish, almost female, emperor facing right.
Provincially minted in Alexandria, Aegyptus.
Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good.