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Aureus - Vitellius, Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, and Vitellia LIBERI IMP GERMAN

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Vitellius (Aulus Vitellius) (69)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 69
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Weight 2.4 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
244100
References RIC I# 102
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 GERM IMP AVG TR P

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

Reverse

Busts of Vitellius' son and daughter, left and right respectively, draped, confronting

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIBERI IMP GERMAN

Translation:
Liberis Imperatoris Germanicus
Child of the supreme commander (Imperator), Germanicus.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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