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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Vitellius| > SH72993
Vitellius, 2 January - 20 December 69 A.D.
|Vitellius|, |Vitellius,| |2| |January| |-| |20| |December| |69| |A.D.|, This coin is M13 in The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage: From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan by Kevin Butcher and Matthew Pointing. Testing established this coin was minted to the first Neronian standard, at 78.6% silver. There is a very tiny hole drilled in the edge where the sample was taken.
SH72993. Silver denarius, Butcher-Pointing M13 (this coin), RIC I 105 (R), RSC II 47, BMCRE I 31, BnF III 67, Hunter I 11, SRCV I 2198 var. (no AVG, May - Jul), F, toned, tiny sample hole on the edge, Rome mint, weight 3.093g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 135o, Jul - 20 Dec 69 A.D.; obverse A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right; reverse LIBERTAS RESTITVTA (Liberty restored), Libertas standing facing, head right, pileus in extended right hand, long rod vertical in left hand; from the Jyrki Muona Collection; rare; SOLD











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