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Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Vitellius| > SH28911 Vitellius, 2 January - 20 December 69 A.D.  Struck in 69 A.D., the Year of the Four Emperors. After Nero's death, four emperors, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian, ruled in a remarkable succession. Vitellius, was never acknowledged as Emperor by the entire Roman world, though at Rome the Senate accepted him and decreed to him the usual Imperial honors. His entry into Rome became the scene of riot and massacre, gladiatorial shows and extravagant feasting. To reward his victorious legionaries, Vitellius disbanded the existing Praetorian Guard and installed his own men instead.SH28911. Silver denarius, RIC I 66, RSC II 21, BMCRE I 1, BnF III 31, SRCV I 2196, gVF, fine high-relief portrait, Rome mint, weight 3.104g, maximum diameter 17.4mm, die axis 195o, May - Jul 69 A.D.; obverse A VITELLIVS GERMAN[ICVS IMP], bare head right; reverse CONCORDIA P R (harmony with the people of Rome), Concordia seated left, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; scarce; SOLD  |