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As - Vitellius I O MAX CAPITO S C; Jupiter

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Vitellius (Aulus Vitellius) (69)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 69
Value 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
244073
References RIC I# 127
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Head of Vitellius, laureate, right

Script: Latin

Lettering: A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M TR P

Unabridged legend: Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Imperator Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas.

Translation: Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, supreme commander (Imperator), emperor (Augustus), high priest, tribunician power.

Reverse

Jupiter, naked to waist, seated left, holding thunderbolt in right and sceptre in left, all in tetrastyle temple

Script: Latin

Lettering: I O MAX CAPITO S C

Unabridged legend: Iovi Optimo Maximo Capitolinus, Senatus Consultum.

Translation: Jupiter, the best and the greatest, on the Capitoline Hill. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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