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Vitellius. AD 69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa late April-20 December. Laureate head right / Libertas standing facing, head right, holding pileus and vindicta. RIC I 105; RSC 47. Lightly toned, cleaning scratches, small metal flaws on reverse. Good VF.
Ex Pegasi XXXIII (10 November 2015), lot 466.
According to A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins by John Melville Jones, the vindicta which Libertas carries was "the rod with which a slave was touched during the ceremony of manumission or liberation."
Ex Pegasi XXXIII (10 November 2015), lot 466.
According to A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins by John Melville Jones, the vindicta which Libertas carries was "the rod with which a slave was touched during the ceremony of manumission or liberation."