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Sestertius with bust of Vitellius
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 69
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 37 mm. Weight: 28.03 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number67.629
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Vitellius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
AVITELLIVSGERMANICVSIMPAVGPMTRP
Reverse: Honos, cornucopia in left hand and scepter in right, standing turned to right facing Virtus standing holding parazonium in right hand, spear in left.
HONOS ET VIRTVS SC (in exergue)
AVITELLIVSGERMANICVSIMPAVGPMTRP
Reverse: Honos, cornucopia in left hand and scepter in right, standing turned to right facing Virtus standing holding parazonium in right hand, spear in left.
HONOS ET VIRTVS SC (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy 1966: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (Münzen und Medaillen Liste 274, March 1967, no. 40); purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G., May 10, 1967