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Lot 264

Estimate: 2750 USD
Price realized: 1500 USD
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Struck Paduan sestertius of Vitellius. Sestertius; Struck Paduan sestertius of Vitellius; 69 AD, Sestertius, 24.49g. Klawans, Imitations, p. 58 (same dies). Obv: A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M TR P Bust laureate, draped r. Rx: HONOS - ET - VIRTVS around, S C in exergue, Bare-headed Virtus, placing l. foot on dolphin, standing face to face with helmeted Honos, who places r. foot on tortoise. Apparently quite close Paduan copies of genuine Roman dies: for the obverse die compare Paris-92 and for the reverse die Paris-88.This is a die-struck Renaissance image of Vitellius; tiny pit in reverse field. gEF
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