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As - Vitellius LIBERTAS RESTITVTA S C; Libertas

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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
Weight 11.2 g
Diameter 27.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
244079
References RIC I# 43
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, left; globe at point of neck

Script: Latin

Lettering: A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN

Translation:
Aulus Vitellius Imperator Germanicus
Aulus Vitellius, supreme commander (Imperator) of the Germans.

Reverse

Libertas, draped, standing front, head right, holding pileus in right hand and rod in left

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIBERTAS RESTITVTA S C

Translation:
Libertas Restituta, Senatus Consultum
Freedom restored. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Tarraco, Hispania, modern-day Tarragona, Spain

Comments

Mass varies: 10.49–11.62 g;
Diameter varies: 27–28 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

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