Live auction - fme_898626 - VITELLIUS Médaille, Petronia, épouse de l’empereur Vitellius
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 40 € |
| Maximum bid : | 41 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 February 2024 18:11:46 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Petronia, épouse de l’empereur Vitellius
Date: n.d.
Metal : copper plated lead
Diameter : 101 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 291,87 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces de manipulation et des taches d’oxydation. Petites marques d’usure
Obverse
Obverse legend : .PETRONIA. . VITELLI. .IMPERATORIS. .VXOR..
Obverse description : Tête de profil à droite, coiffure sophistiquée ornée de perles et bijou de tête.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
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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