Aureus - Vitellius, Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, and Vitellia LIBERIS IMP GERMANICI
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Vitellius (Aulus Vitellius) (69)
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| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 69 |
| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 7.5 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 244090 |
| References | RIC I# 8 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 GERMANICVS
Translation:
Aulus Vitellius Imperator Germanicus
Aulus Vitellius, supreme commander (Imperator) of the Germans.
Reverse
Busts of Vitellius' son and daughter, left and right respectively, draped, confronting
Script: Latin
Lettering: LIBERIS IMP GERMANICI
Translation:
Liberis Imperatoris Germanici
Of the child of the supreme commander (Imperator), Germanicus.
Mint
Tarraco, Hispania, modern-day Tarragona, SpainComments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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