Římská říše - EGYPT - AURELIANUS & VABALATHUS “King of Palmyra” - BI Tetradrachm, year 1 and year 4, Alexandria

obv. Laureate bust of Aurelianus right
AVT K? ? AVPH?IANOC C?B, in field L - A
rev. Laureate bust of Vabalathus right
IAC OVABA??A?OC A?HNOV AVT CP, in field L - ?

Lucius Julius Aurelius Septimius Vaballathus Athenodorus (circa 259 – 274 AD) was a king of the Palmyrene Empire centered at Palmyra, Syria, who came to power as a child, ruling with his regent, his mother Queen Zenobia, who led a revolt against Rome and formed the independent Palmyrene Empire. The recently independent Palmyra lasted for three years, until the Romans took action, and conquered all Palmyrene land, which included most of Rome?s eastern provinces, including Lower Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Arabia, Asia Minor and Lebanon.

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