Ancients
Vitellius (AD 69). AR denarius (19mm, 3.23 gm, 7h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, April-December AD 69. A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP, bare head of Vitellius right / No legend, Victory seated left, holding palm branch in left hand and patera in outstretched right. RIC 71. RSC 121. BMCRE 4. Rare! Well struck and beautifully toned, with bluish iridescence in fields, and possessing a superb bareheaded portrait of this short-reigning imperial gourmand.
Ex ROMA Numismatics V (23 March 2013), lot 706.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD