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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1644817, member: 39084&quot;]Vitellius has been a particularly difficult emperor in terms of finding bronzes for my collection.&nbsp; Today I took delivery of a sestertius that fits pretty well with the other portrait sestertii in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]237789.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>VITELLIUS&nbsp; 69 A.D.</p><p>AE Sestertius (29.78 g.)&nbsp; Rome Apr. - Dec. 69 A.D.</p><p>A VITELLIVS GERMANICVS IMP AVG P M TR P Laureate and draped bust r. Rev. MARS VICTOR S – C Mars, helmeted and in military dress, striding l., holding Victory in r. hand, parazonium at side and trophy over l. shoulder. </p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect the quoted weight is incorrect, since the coin feels similar in weight to my other sestertii, all of which weigh in the 26g. - 28g. range.&nbsp; However, I don&#039;t currently have access to a scale with enough precision to check this. [Edit/Note: Dealer has informed me the weight is a typo and should be 29.78g. so I&#039;ve corrected this.]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse has a very weak strike in the 9 o&#039;clock - 12 o&#039;clock area (you can&#039;t even see Victory being held in this area), but otherwise the coin is quite well struck and the portrait compares favorably to most coins of this type.</p><p><br /></p><p>This leaves two remaining sestertii (Tiberius and Titus) to complete my 12 Caesars large bronzes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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