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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2234525, member: 74968"]I won these in an auction and I do not yet have them in hand, but I could not wait to post them. The pictures come from the auction. I will post better pictures once I receive the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vitellius Denarius. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right / PONT MAXIM, Vesta seated right, holding sceptre and patera. RIC 107, RSC 72, BMC 34.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]439767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439768[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Divus Julius Caesar Denarius. 40 BC. Q Voconius Vitulus, quaestor. Laureate head right / Q•VOCONIVS above, S-C to sides, VITVLVS•Q / DESIGN below, bull-calf advancing left. Crawford 526/4, Sydenham 1133.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]439769[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439770[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have been looking for an affordable portrait denarius of JC for a few months. I know it is quite worn, but the portrait has a lot of character. I also know it is not a lifetime issue, but one cannot have everything and I think this fills the slot in my collection quite nicely. As for the Vitellius, it is nice to have another one off the list and it looks like a nice coin.I really like the full obverse legend. So I need 4 more coins to complete the set: Tiberius, Galba, Titus and Domitian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2234525, member: 74968"]I won these in an auction and I do not yet have them in hand, but I could not wait to post them. The pictures come from the auction. I will post better pictures once I receive the coins. Vitellius Denarius. A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right / PONT MAXIM, Vesta seated right, holding sceptre and patera. RIC 107, RSC 72, BMC 34. [ATTACH=full]439767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439768[/ATTACH] Divus Julius Caesar Denarius. 40 BC. Q Voconius Vitulus, quaestor. Laureate head right / Q•VOCONIVS above, S-C to sides, VITVLVS•Q / DESIGN below, bull-calf advancing left. Crawford 526/4, Sydenham 1133. [ATTACH=full]439769[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439770[/ATTACH] I have been looking for an affordable portrait denarius of JC for a few months. I know it is quite worn, but the portrait has a lot of character. I also know it is not a lifetime issue, but one cannot have everything and I think this fills the slot in my collection quite nicely. As for the Vitellius, it is nice to have another one off the list and it looks like a nice coin.I really like the full obverse legend. So I need 4 more coins to complete the set: Tiberius, Galba, Titus and Domitian. Thanks for looking.[/QUOTE]
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