Watch List notes:

Vitellius, with his children. AD 69. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.14 g, 6h). Dynastic issue. Rome. Struck circa late April-20 December. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head of Vitellius right / LIBERI • IMP • GERM • AVG •, confronted, draped busts of Vitellius Germanicus (Vitellius' son), on left, and Vitellia (Vitellius' daughter), on right. RIC I 100; Calicó 557 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 27 (same rev. die); BN –; Biaggi 289 (same dies); Mazzini 3. Toned, banker's mark on obverse, a few shallow scratches, small edge mark. Near VF. Very rare.


From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Roma VIII (28 September 2014), lot 959 (hammer £7000).