Vitellius AR Denarius. Tarraco, AD 69. A VITELLIVS IMP GERMANICVS, laureate bust to left / CLEMENTIA IMP GERMAN, Clementia seated to left, holding olive branch and long sceptre. RIC I 18 var. (obv. legend); BMCRE 80 var. (same); ACIP 4235a (this coin); RCV 2189 (this coin). 3.60g, 19mm, 6h.
Near Mint State. Very Rare; and in exceptional condition for the type.
This coin published in L. Villaronga and J. Benages, Ancient Coinage of the Iberian Peninsula (Barcelona, 2011);
This coin published in D. Sear, Roman Coins and their Values. The Millenium Edition. (London, 2000-2006);
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 150,13 December 2010, lot 249 (hammer: EUR 4,000);
Ex David Dougherty Collection, Ponterio & Associates, 13 January 2007, lot 1641;
Ex John Whitney Walter Collection, Stack's, 29 November 1990, lot 33.