just added vitellius to my collection Vitellius AE As. Spanish Mint (Tarraco?) 69 AD. Obverse: A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN, laureate head left, globe at point of bust. Reverse: LIBERTAS RESTITVTA S-C, Libertas standing facing, head right, holding pileus & scepter. RIC: 43 Scarce. Size: 26mm, 13.00g Good Fine scarce (looks better in hand) show your Vitellius
Nice. I don't have one but there are 9 uncertain Tarraco examples to look at here https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).vit.43?lang=en
Congrats on the Vitellius! Always nice to have one with Latin inscription. I only have one Vitellius: Vitellius. 69 A.D. AR Denarius. 3.213 grams. Obverse: A. VITELLIVS GERMANICVS. IMP.; Bare head of emperor r. Reverse:CONCORDIA P.R.; Concord seated l.., holding patera and cornucopiae. Reference: RIC 2/66. BMC 1. Weight: 3.41, Diameter: 18mm, Conservation Good Very Fine Concordia, in Roman religion, goddess who was the personification of “concord,” or “agreement,” especially among members or classes of the Roman state. She had several temples at Rome; the oldest and most important one was located in the Forum at the end of the Via Sacra (“Sacred Way”). After 121 BC, when the construction of the largest temple was ordered, the Senate frequently met at the temple in times of public uproar. The temple was restored under the emperor Augustus by his eventual successor, Tiberius, in 7 BC. Tiberius placed many works of art there, and the temple became a kind of museum and tourist attraction during the Roman Empire. Concordia often appeared on coins as a matron holding a cornucopia in her left hand and either an olive branch or a patera (a dish used in sacrifices) in her right. Reference : Sear 2196
I accidentally added my first and only Vitellius a few years ago. I bought this Alexandrian diobol off eBay for a few dollars (described as Vespasian) only to learn after trying to attribute it that it’s Vitellius. A happy oops. Vitellius Milne 378
Vitellius, AR denarius, Civil War Issue AR 18mm/3.1gm Rome mint c. 69 AD Con/ Slightly off-struck to left, otherwise, Very Fine. Obv/ [A VITELLIVS] GERM IMP AVG TR P; laureate head right Rev/ XV VIR SACR FAC; Tripod-lebes with dolphin laying right above and raven standing right below Ref/ RIC Vol One, 109, RSC111, BCM39
And another one. VITELLIUS (69). Denarius. Rome. Obv: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P. Laureate head right. Rev: XV VIR SACR FAC. Tripod surmounted by dolphin right; below, raven right. 19mm 2.89 gm Ex Numismatic Neumann
