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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 641

The 'White Rose' Collection | Roman Empire, Vitellius (19 April - 20 December 69), AV Aureus, struck 2 January – 18 April 69, prior to the Senate's award of his title of Augustus, Mint of Tarraco, Hispania [?], A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN, laureate head right, globe at point of bust, palm frond before, rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTI Victory draped, flying right and holding shield inscribed SP/QR across two lines in right hand, 7.38g [113.9grns], 6h (Cohen 98; BMC 91; RIC I, 35; Biaggi 284; Benages, pp. 210, no. 36; Calicó 576a; H P Hall [1950, 1142), obverse struck in high relief with a realistic portrait on a residually lustrous flan, slightly marked in fields on a broad flan, a really good fine, an exceptional rarity struck during the civil strife of the 'Year of the Four Emperors'

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