Vitellius AV Aureus. Rome, late April - 20 December AD 69. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head to right / LIBERI • IMP • GERM • AVG •, confronted draped busts of Vitellius' son on the left and daughter on the right. RIC I 100; C. 3; BMCRE 27; Calicó 557a. 7.22g, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine; considerably superior to the example of Roma XXII, lot 697 (hammer: GBP18,000). Very Rare.
From the Pinewood Collection.