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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1306516, member: 5682&quot;]Ancient Doug: That really is a great peice of history. Vabalathus&#039;s father, Odaenathus, was King of the Palmyrene empire. He was assassinated in AD 267. Zenobia then made her one year old son Vabalathus the ruler of the emperor. (This, of course, made Zenobia the regent and de facto ruler of the empire.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Aurelian was the recognized Roman emperor AD 270-275.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dates on the coin would coincide with the known history.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, Zenobia&#039;s history is far more interesting than Cleopatra&#039;s (an earlier rogue Eastern queen).</p><p><br /></p><p>Great coin, Ancient Doug</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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