What A Cool Error !

not mine , but what a cool error !!

 

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Sorry but.. What is the error. I don't know much about ancients

 

..i collect'em but...it's a mystery 2 me 2...

 

Looks to me like Vabalathus got short-changed here...

 

Omg guys

 

Well.. Care to explain?

 

It's supposed to say VABALATHVS V C R IMP D R over the portrait of Vabalathus (the laureate bust) and it says IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG on both sides. Here's my non-error version:


Vabalathus, AD 270-272 and Aurelian, AD 270-275.
Roman billon antoninianus, 3.58 gm, 20.4 mm, 5 h.
Antioch, late AD 270-spring 272.
Obv: VABALATHVS V C R IMP D R, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus, right.
Rev: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian right; officina mark Є below.
Refs: RIC 381; CBN 1248; Cohen 1; MIR 353; RCV 11718.

 

ah, thank you for educating us non Valbaathus coin owners RC....

 

Here is another way to spell it

 

V H A B A L A T H U S