Antioch, 272 CE
2.47g, 21mm, 11h
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]).
272 CE
Aurelian captures Zenobia and her son, Vaballathus, ending the Palmyrene Empire’s challenge to Roman authority. Zenobia is brought to Rome as a prisoner.