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Vitellius, 2 January - 20 December 69 A.D.
| Libertas (Latin for Liberty) was the Roman goddess and embodiment of liberty. The pileus liberatis was a soft felt cap worn by liberated slaves of Troy and Asia Minor. In late Republican Rome, the pileus was symbolically given to slaves upon manumission, granting them not only their personal liberty, but also freedom as citizens with the right to vote (if male). Following the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., Brutus and his co-conspirators used the pileus to signify the end of Caesar's dictatorship and a return to a Republican system of government. The pileus was adopted as a popular symbol of freedom during the French Revolution and was also depicted on some U.S. coins. On the Seated Liberty dollar, Liberty raises up a pileus (freedom cap) on a rod (liberty pole). |  |
SH08073. Gold aureus, RIC I 104 (R3), BMCRE I 30, F, some nicks and finder scrapes,"S" and "C" shaped banker's marks in fields, Rome mint, weight 6.94g, maximum diameter 20.1mm, die axis 180o, 69 A.D.; obverse A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right; reverse LIBERTAS RESTITVTA, Libertas standing slightly right, head right, pileus (freedom cap) in extended right hand, and long rod (liberty pole) in left hand; very rare; SOLD
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