Egypt. Alexandria. Vabalathus (usurper), 268-272. Tetradrachm (Bronze, 22.00 mm, 8.17 g) dated RY 5 (= 271-272) ΑΥΤ Κ ΟΥΑΒΑΛΛΑΘΟϹ ΑΘΗΝΟ ϹЄΒ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus right. Rev. Omonoia standing facing, head turned to left, holding double cornucopia and drapery on the left arm and raising the right hand, L Є (date) to left. RPC X, - . Dattari-Savio pl. 279, 10610. Geissen 3064 var. (date across field). Emmett 3910. Milne 4350. Good Fine. Rare. Ex De Geus 10, 17-18.10.2000, lot 754. Beginning with this tetradrachm, of great rarity, of the presumed year 5 of the Zenobia’s very young son Vaballathus, an Alexandrian numismatic representation of the period of Aurelian's ‘connivance’ with the exponents of the kingdom of Palmyra, later self-proclaimed as sole Augustus, as attested by this coin and by no. 250 in the collection, both in conflict with Aurelian who ended up exorcising them in 272 by expelling them from Alexandria and conquering Palmyra. The invoked Omonoia (= concord) depicted on the reverse was therefore a pathetic and ephemeral illusion.