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Offline Odoacer

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Vitellius countermark
« on: May 02, 2020, 03:07:18 am »
Dear members,

I just wanted to share this interesting piece of history, a denarius of Vitellius with countermark x. This is the numismatic proof that the tenth legion was supporting Vitellius in the civil war. I only saw this countermark with coins of Nero never Vitellius.

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Jeroen
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Offline Altamura

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Re: Vitellius countermark
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2020, 12:35:51 pm »
I don't think that this is a countermark. There seems to be a die break at about seven o'clock so that the VI of A VITELLIVS is obscured.
Just beneath the head at six o'clock is the A of A VITELLIVS.

Here are some specimen of this type: http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).vit.53

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Altamura
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