v24_0284 - VITELLIUS As, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 275.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 275.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
unsold lot
Type : As, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: c. 01-06/69
Mint name / Town : Espagne Tarraconaise, Tarraco (Tarragone)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,58 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Représentation inhabituelle pour un bronze. Patine marron foncé. Frappe un peu molle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : A VITELLIVS IM GERMAN.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Vitellius à gauche ; globe à la pointe du cou (O*1) .
Obverse translation : “Aulus Vitellius Imperator Germanicus”, (Aulus Vitellius empereur germanique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES / EXERCITVVM/ SC.
Reverse description : Deux mains jointes (Bonne Foi).
Reverse translation : “Fides Exercituum”, (La Fidélité des armées).
Commentary
Exemplaire caractéristique avec un petit globe à la pointe du cou.
Historical background
VITELLIUS
(2/01-20/12/69)
Vitellius was proclaimed on January 1 or 2, 69 by the armies of Germania. After Bédriac and the disappearance of Othon, in April 69, Vitellius moved to Rome in June. Vespasian was proclaimed by the army in Alexandria on July 1, 69 and Vitellius could not maintain himself. After a sedition broke out in Rome in December, he was assassinated on the 20th, and his body dragged into the Tiber, leaving Vespasian as sole ruler of the Roman Empire..
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