Ancients
Vitellius (AD 69). AR denarius (19mm, 3.38 gm, 7h). NGC AU 4/5 - 2/5, Fine Style. Uncertain Spanish mint, Tarraco (?), January-July AD 69. A VITELLIVS-IMP GERMAN, laureate head of Vitellius left; globe at point of bust, palm in left field / CONSENSVS-EXERCITVVM, Mars, helmeted and naked but for cloak on left arm, advancing left, aquila in left hand, transverse spear in right. RIC I 24. Struck from dies of fine style on satiny flan with deep cabinet toning. Very rare.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 92 Part 2 (24 May 2016), lot 2121; CGB Numismatique 34 (30 April 2008), lot 444.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD