brm_215902 - VITELLIUS As

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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 225.00 €

Type : As

Date: c. 01-06/69

Date: 69

Mint name / Town : Tarragone

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 10,26 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, légèrement court sur les légendes. Frappe faible sur les légendes. Usure importante, mais parfaitement identifiable. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

C.34 (25f.) - RIC.42 (R) - BMC/RE.103 - BN/R.18 - RCV.- - MRK.19 /23 var (1500€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : A VI[TELLIV]S IMP GERMAN.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Vitellius à gauche ; globe à la pointe du cou (O*1) .

Obverse translation : “Aulus Vitellius Imperator Germanicus”, (Aulus Vitellius empereur germanique).

Reverse

Reverse legend : FIDES / [E]XERCITVVM/ SC.

Reverse description : Deux mains jointes (Bonne Foi).

Reverse translation : “Fides Exercituum”, (La Fidélité des armées).

Commentary

Exemplaire caractéristique avec un petit globe à la pointe du cou.

Historical background

VITELLIUS

(2/01-20/12/69)

Vitellius was proclaimed on January 1 or 2, 69 by the armies of Germania. After Bédriac and the disappearance of Othon, in April 69, Vitellius moved to Rome in June. Vespasian was proclaimed by the army in Alexandria on July 1, 69 and Vitellius could not maintain himself. After a sedition broke out in Rome in December, he was assassinated on the 20th, and his body dragged into the Tiber, leaving Vespasian as sole ruler of the Roman Empire..

VITELLIUS Denier AU/XF

740.00 €

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brm_215902 - VITELLIUS As

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Commentary

Historical background

VITELLIUS

(2/01-20/12/69)

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