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Description: Vitellius, with his children. AD 69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.06 g, 6h). Dynastic issue. Rome mint. Struck circa late April-20 December. [A VIT]ELLIVS GERMAN IMP TR P, laureate head of Vitellius right / LIBERI IMP GERMAN, confronted, bareheaded, and draped busts of Vitellius’ son, Vitellius Germanicus, on the left, and daughter, Vitellia, on the right. RIC I 79; RSC 5; BMCRE p. 370, note 12; BN –; J. Schulman 262 (14 May 1975), lot 1337 (same dies). Toned, a couple of scratches on reverse. Good VF. Neither the British Museum nor the Bibliothèque Nationale possesses an example of this rare issue. From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Berk BBS 121 (10 July 2001), lot 320.
Title: Vitellius, denarius, 69, RIC I 79
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